Intangible Assets (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Table Text Block]

Intangible assets at December 31, 2017 and September 30, 2017 consist of the following:

	Useful	Gross		Accumulated
December 31, 2017	Life (years)	Amount		Amortization		Net
Acquired Customer Base	5 to 15	$	741,000	$	570,000	$	171,000
Know How	15		512,000		324,000		188,000
Trade Names	Indefinite		282,000		-		282,000
Patents	20		348,000		11,000		337,000
Biomedical Technologies	5		260,000		260,000		-
		$	2,143,000	$	1,165,000	$	978,000

	Useful	Gross		Accumulated
September 30, 2017	Life (years)	Amount		Amortization		Net
Acquired Customer Base	5 to 15	$	737,000	$	551,000	$	186,000
Know How	15		512,000		316,000		196,000
Trade Names	Indefinite		281,000		-		281,000
Patents	20		333,000		9,000		324,000
Biomedical Technologies	5		260,000		260,000		-
		$	2,123,000	$	1,136,000	$	987,000

Schedule of Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Future Amortization Expense [Table Text Block]

Estimated amortization expense for each of the next five fiscal years and thereafter is as follows:

	2018 (9 months)		2019		2020		2021		2022		Thereafter		Total
Acquired Customer Base	$	60,000	$	80,000	$	31,000	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	171,000
Know How		26,000		34,000		34,000		34,000		34,000		26,000		188,000
Patents		9,000		11,000		11,000		11,000		11,000		162,000		215,000
	$	95,000	$	125,000	$	76,000	$	45,000	$	45,000	$	188,000	$	574,000