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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001456413-10-000008
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20101018
FILED AS OF DATE:		20101018
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20101018

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			HAGELSTEIN DAVID A
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000941390
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MI
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-23661
		FILM NUMBER:		101127872

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1411 N WOODWARD
		STREET 2:		STE 313
		CITY:			BIRMINHAM
		STATE:			MI
		ZIP:			48009

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		36801 WOODWARD AVE
		STREET 2:		STE 313
		CITY:			BIRMINGHAM
		STATE:			MI
		ZIP:			48009

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ROCKWELL MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001041024
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ELECTROMEDICAL & ELECTROTHERAPEUTIC APPARATUS [3845]
		IRS NUMBER:				383317208
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MI
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		30142 S WIXOM RD
		CITY:			WIXOM
		STATE:			MI
		ZIP:			48393
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2489609009

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		30142 S WIXOM RD
		CITY:			WIXOM
		STATE:			MI
		ZIP:			48393
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    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2010-10-18</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001041024</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>ROCKWELL MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>RMTI</issuerTradingSymbol>
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    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0000941390</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>HAGELSTEIN DAVID A</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>36801 WOODWARD AVE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>STE 313</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>BIRMINGHAM</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>MI</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>48009</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>1</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2010-10-18</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>P</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>5000</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>7.7</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>1879052</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>Owned by self and by self as trustee of the David A. Hagelstein Charitable Remainder Unitrust.</value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Of the 1,879,052 shares of common stock, 1,431,000 are owned directly and 448,052 are owned by self as trustee of the David Hagelstein Charitable Remainder Unitrust.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>DAVID A. HAGELSTEIN</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2010-10-18</signatureDate>
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