Note 5 - Stockholders' Equity and Common Stock Warrants (Tables)	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2019
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Schedule of Warrants Outstanding to Acquire Shares of Common Stock [Table Text Block]	<div style="display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt"><table style="; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; text-indent: 0px; min-; min-width: 700px;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"> <tr style="vertical-align: bottom;"> <td style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; width: 49%;"> </td> <td style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; width: 1%;"> </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: center; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 0pt; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 1%;"> <div style=" font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><div style="display: inline; font-weight: bold;"><div style="display: inline; font-weight: bold;">Outstanding</div></div></div> </td> <td style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 1px; width: 1%;"> </td> <td style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; width: 1%;"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align: center; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 0pt; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 10%;"> <div style=" font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><div style="display: inline; font-weight: bold;"><div style="display: inline; font-weight: bold;">Range of exercise</div></div></div> <div style=" font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><div style="display: inline; font-weight: bold;"><div style="display: inline; font-weight: bold;">price per share</div></div></div> </td> <td style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 1px; width: 1%;"> </td> <td style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; width: 1%;"> </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: center; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 0pt; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 1%;"> <div style=" font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><div style="display: inline; font-weight: bold;"><div style="display: inline; font-weight: bold;">Expiration dates</div></div></div> </td> <td style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 1px; width: 1%;"> </td> </tr> <tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255);"> <td style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; width: 49%;"> <div style=" font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Common stock warrants issued prior to 2016</div> </td> <td style="width: 1%; border-bottom: 1px none rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </td> <td style="width: 1%; border-bottom: 1px none rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </td> <td style="width: 14%; border-bottom: 1px none rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: right; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 0pt;"><div style="display: inline; font-style: italic; font-weight: inherit; font-style: normal;">1,667</div></td> <td style="width: 1%; border-bottom: 1px none rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 0pt;" nowrap="nowrap"> </td> <td style="width: 1%; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </td> <td style="width: 5%; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 0pt;"><div style="display: inline; font-style: italic; font-weight: inherit; font-style: normal;"> </div></td> <td style="width: 5%; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 0pt; text-align: center;"><div style="display: inline; font-style: italic; font-weight: inherit; font-style: normal;">$562.50</div></td> <td style="width: 5%; text-align: right; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 0pt;"><div style="display: inline; font-style: italic; font-weight: inherit; font-style: normal;"> </div></td> <td style="width: 1%; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 0pt;" nowrap="nowrap"> </td> <td style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; width: 1%;"> </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: center; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 0pt; width: 1%;"> <div style=" font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><div style="display: inline; font-style: italic; font-weight: inherit; font-style: normal;">December 2019</div></div> </td> <td style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; width: 1%;"> </td> </tr> <tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <td style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; width: 49%;"> <div style=" font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 9pt; text-indent: -9pt;">Common stock warrants issued related to Series A convertible preferred stock offering</div> </td> <td style="width: 1%; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </td> <td style="width: 1%; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </td> <td style="width: 14%; text-align: right; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 0pt;"><div style="display: inline; font-style: italic; font-weight: inherit; font-style: normal;">903,870</div></td> <td style="width: 1%; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 0pt;" nowrap="nowrap"> </td> <td style="width: 1%; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </td> <td style="width: 5%; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 0pt;"><div style="display: inline; font-style: italic; font-weight: inherit; font-style: normal;"> </div></td> <td style="width: 5%; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 0pt; text-align: center;"><div style="display: inline; font-style: italic; font-weight: inherit; font-style: normal;">$33.30</div></td> <td style="width: 5%; text-align: right; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 0pt;"><div style="display: inline; font-style: italic; font-weight: inherit; font-style: normal;"> </div></td> <td style="width: 1%; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 0pt;" nowrap="nowrap"> </td> <td style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; width: 1%;"> </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: center; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 0pt; width: 1%;"> <div style=" font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><div style="display: inline; font-style: italic; font-weight: inherit; font-style: normal;">March 2022</div></div> </td> <td style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; width: 1%;"> </td> </tr> <tr style="background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255);"> <td style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; width: 49%;">Common stock warrants issued in 2018</td> <td style="width: 1%; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </td> <td style="width: 1%; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </td> <td style="width: 14%; text-align: right; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 0pt;"><div style="display: inline; font-style: italic; font-weight: inherit; font-style: normal;">1,181,375</div></td> <td style="width: 1%; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 0pt;" nowrap="nowrap"> </td> <td style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; width: 1%;"> </td> <td style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; width: 5%; text-align: right;"><div style="display: inline; font-style: italic; font-weight: inherit; font-style: normal;">$12.00</div></td> <td style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; width: 5%; text-align: center;"><div style="display: inline; font-style: italic; font-weight: inherit; font-style: normal;">-</div></td> <td style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; width: 5%;"><div style="display: inline; font-style: italic; font-weight: inherit; font-style: normal;"> $15.00</div></td> <td style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; width: 1%;"> </td> <td style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; width: 1%;"> </td> <td colspan="2" rowspan="1" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; width: 1%;"><div style="display: inline; font-style: italic; font-weight: inherit; font-style: normal;">January 2023</div></td> <td style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; width: 1%;"> </td> </tr> <tr style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <td style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; width: 49%;">Common stock warrants issued in 2019</td> <td style="width: 1%; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </td> <td style="width: 1%; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </td> <td style="width: 14%; text-align: right; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 0pt; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div style="display: inline; font-style: italic; font-weight: inherit; font-style: normal;">1,382,913</div></td> <td style="width: 1%; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 0pt;" nowrap="nowrap"> </td> <td style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; width: 1%;"> </td> <td style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; width: 5%; text-align: right;"><div style="display: inline; font-style: italic; font-weight: inherit; font-style: normal;">$5.00</div></td> <td style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; width: 5%; text-align: center;"><div style="display: inline; font-style: italic; font-weight: inherit; font-style: normal;">-</div></td> <td style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; width: 5%;"><div style="display: inline; font-style: italic; font-weight: inherit; font-style: normal;"> $6.11875</div></td> <td style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; width: 1%;"> </td> <td style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; width: 1%;"> </td> <td colspan="2" rowspan="1" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; width: 1%;"><div style="display: inline; font-style: italic; font-weight: inherit; font-style: normal;">2024</div></td> <td style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; width: 1%;"> </td> </tr> <tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255);"> <td style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; width: 49%;"> </td> <td style="width: 1%; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 3px;"> </td> <td style="width: 1%; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; border-bottom: 3px double rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </td> <td style="width: 14%; text-align: right; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 0pt; border-bottom: 3px double rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div style="display: inline; font-style: italic; font-weight: inherit; font-style: normal;">3,469,825</div></td> <td style="width: 1%; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 0pt; padding-bottom: 3px;" nowrap="nowrap"> </td> <td style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; width: 1%;"> </td> <td style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; width: 5%;"><div style="display: inline; font-style: italic; font-weight: inherit; font-style: normal;"> </div></td> <td style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; width: 5%;"><div style="display: inline; font-style: italic; font-weight: inherit; font-style: normal;"> </div></td> <td style="text-align: right; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; width: 5%;"><div style="display: inline; font-style: italic; font-weight: inherit; font-style: normal;"> </div></td> <td style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; width: 1%;"> </td> <td style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; width: 1%;"> </td> <td style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; width: 1%;"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; width: 14%;"><div style="display: inline; font-style: italic; font-weight: inherit; font-style: normal;"> </div></td> <td style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; width: 1%;"> </td> </tr> </table></div>