Related Party Transactions

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Related Party Transactions [Abstract]

Related Party Transactions Disclosure [Text Block]

Note 13 - Related Party Transactions

During the year ended September 30, 2013, building lease payments of $69,000 were paid to Optometrics Holdings, LLC in which Laura Lunardo, Optometrics’ COO had a 50% interest. Ms. Lunardo sold her interest in the building in May of 2013.

During the years ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, building lease payments of $924,000 and $889,000, respectively were paid to Charles River Realty, dba Bachrach, Inc., which is owned by Gerald Entine and family. Dr. Entine is a former director and employee of the Company, as well as a greater than 5% beneficial owner of the Company’s stock.

Dr. William Hagan provides consulting services to RMD through his consulting company, Hagan & Associates LLC (“H&A”). During the years ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, H&A was paid approximately $13,000 and $36,000, respectively, in fees. This consulting arrangement is expected to continue into the future.

In 2013 and 2012, the Company was awarded grants from the National Institutes of Health and the Department of Defense to develop new and improved monitors to detect blood loss and potentially fatal hemorrhage in trauma victims. The Company has used the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN as its primary subcontractor to conduct animal and human trials with respect to these grants. Dr. Michael J. Joyner of the Mayo Clinic is a co-investigator under these grants. He is also a member of the Company's Board of Directors. In fiscal year 2014 and 2013, the Mayo Clinic received approximately $500 and $35,000, respectively, under these grants. A small fraction of Dr. Joyner’s Mayo salary is charged to these grants. The subcontract awards to, and the work performed by, the Mayo Clinic are administered by the Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research and adheres to the approval and conflicts-of-interest policies of both the Mayo Clinic and the Company.

In October, 2013, the Company’s subsidiary, Dynasil Biomedical, formed Xcede Technologies, Inc., a joint venture with Mayo Clinic, to spin out and separately fund the development of its tissue sealant technology. Mr. Sulick and family members, Mr. Fox, Dr. Joyner, Dr. Hagan and Dr. Entine’s Family Trust, invested $350,000, $100,000, $35,000, $25,000 and $100,000, respectively, in Xcede and were issued convertible promissory notes in those original principal amounts which accrue interest at the rate of 5% per annum. The notes are demand notes maturing on June 30, 2015 unless previously converted based on a 20% discount to an Xcede equity raise equal to at least 3.0 million or, at the option of the holder, into common stock based on a $5.0 million valuation. As of September 30, 2014, Mr. Sulick and family’s notes are convertible into 249,941 shares, or 4.58%, Mr. Fox’s notes are convertible into 71,939 shares, or 1.32%, Dr. Joyner’s notes are convertible into 25,574 shares, or 0.47%, Dr. Hagan’s notes are convertible into 17,977 shares, or 0.33%, and Dr. Entine’s notes are convertible into 70,781 shares, or 1.30%, of Xcede’s outstanding common stock.

Upon the closing of a capital stock financing, as defined, the outstanding principal amount of the notes plus all accrued but unpaid interest on the notes will be converted into shares of the same capital stock sold in the capital stock financing at a 20% discount to the price per share of that capital stock financing. Alternatively, at any time prior to a capital stock financing the note holders can convert at their option into common stock based on a $5 million valuation.

The intellectual property rights to certain of the technologies purchased by the Company in April 2011 when it established Dynasil Biomedical and acquired intellectual property assets from Dr. Daniel Ericson are jointly owned with the Mayo Clinic or persons affiliated with the Mayo Clinic. Specifically, Dynasil Biomedical's blood storage technology was invented by Dr. Daniel Ericson and Dr. Michael Joyner. Dr. Ericson assigned his ownership rights to such technology to Dynasil Biomedical and because Dr. Joyner is an employee of the Mayo Clinic his ownership rights in such technology are assigned to the Mayo Clinic. In April 2011, the Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research and Dynasil Biomedical entered into an Inter-Institutional Agreement, which sets forth the terms on which the parties may work together to seek to commercialize this technology.