Balance Sheets (USD $)	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 258,656	$ 1,689,580
Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $11,500 at March 31, 2015 and $8,000 at March 31,2014	965,355us-gaap_AccountsReceivableNetCurrent	863,220us-gaap_AccountsReceivableNetCurrent
Inventories, net of reserve for obsolescence of $240,000 at March 31, 2015 and $560,000 at March 31, 2014	2,337,654us-gaap_InventoryNet	2,224,228us-gaap_InventoryNet
Prepaid expenses	109,678us-gaap_PrepaidExpenseCurrent	65,387us-gaap_PrepaidExpenseCurrent
Total current assets	3,671,343us-gaap_AssetsCurrent	4,842,415us-gaap_AssetsCurrent
Equipment, at cost:
Furniture, fixtures and equipment	2,961,417	3,641,037
Customer-site equipment	955,969ecia_CustomerSiteEquipmentGross	1,016,265ecia_CustomerSiteEquipmentGross
Accumulated depreciation	(3,140,453)	(3,552,079)
Equipment, net	776,933us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet	1,105,223us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet
Patents, net of accumulated amortization of $153,494 at March 31, 2015 and $215,969 at March 31, 2014	257,356us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet	248,971us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet
Other assets	20,135us-gaap_OtherAssets	14,127us-gaap_OtherAssets
TOTAL ASSETS	4,725,767us-gaap_Assets	6,210,736us-gaap_Assets
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	675,411us-gaap_AccountsPayableCurrent	666,159us-gaap_AccountsPayableCurrent
Accrued compensation	262,195	264,595
Other accrued liabilities	324,926us-gaap_OtherAccruedLiabilitiesCurrent	408,549us-gaap_OtherAccruedLiabilitiesCurrent
Lease payable - short term		67,057us-gaap_CapitalLeaseObligationsCurrent
Deferred rent - short term	30,384us-gaap_DeferredRentCreditCurrent	30,384us-gaap_DeferredRentCreditCurrent
Total current liabilities	1,292,916us-gaap_LiabilitiesCurrent	1,436,744us-gaap_LiabilitiesCurrent
Long-term liabilities
Line of credit	64,000us-gaap_LinesOfCreditCurrent
Lease payable		54,619
Deferred rent	101,280us-gaap_DeferredRentCreditNoncurrent	131,664us-gaap_DeferredRentCreditNoncurrent
Total liabilities	1,458,196us-gaap_Liabilities	1,623,027us-gaap_Liabilities
Commitments and contingencies
Shareholders' equity:
Preferred stock, no par value: 10,000,000 shares authorized; none issued and outstanding
Common stock and additional paid-in capital, no par value: 100,000,000 shares authorized; 10,673,225 issued and outstanding at March 31, 2015 and 2014	23,607,688	23,545,080
Accumulated (deficit)	(20,340,117)	(18,957,371)
Total shareholders' equity	3,267,571us-gaap_StockholdersEquity	4,587,709us-gaap_StockholdersEquity
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY	$ 4,725,767	$ 6,210,736

Gross amount, at the balance sheet date, of long-lived physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale. This can include land, buildings, machinery and equipment, and other types of furniture and equipment including, but not limited to, office equipment, furniture and fixtures, and computer equipment and software. This element is specific to customer site equipment.

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