8. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2013
Subsequent Events [Abstract]
SUBSEQUENT EVENTS	On October 11, 2013, the Company, together with certain of its subsidiaries, entered into a term loan agreement (the “Loan Agreement”) with Brookhaven Medical, Inc. (“BMI”), pursuant to which BMI made a loan to the Company in the amount of $1,000,000 under a Senior Secured Convertible Promissory Note (the “First BMI Note”). In connection with the Loan Agreement, the Company and BMI also entered into a letter of intent contemplating (i) an additional loan to the Company (the “Additional Loan”) of up to $2,000,000 by BMI (or an outside lender), and (ii) entrance into an agreement and plan of merger (the “Merger Agreement”) pursuant to which the Company would merge with a subsidiary of BMI, subject to various conditions precedent. The First BMI Note carries an interest rate of 8% per annum, and all unpaid principal and accrued but unpaid interest under the First BMI Note is due and payable on the later of (i) October 10, 2014, or (ii) the first anniversary of the date of the Merger Agreement. The First BMI Note may be prepaid in whole or in part upon ten days’ written notice, and all unpaid principal and accrued interest under the Note may be converted, at the option of BMI, into shares of the Company’s Series C Convertible Preferred Stock (“Series C Preferred Stock”) at a conversion price of $70.00 per share. The Company’s obligations under the First BMI Note are secured by all the assets of the Company and its subsidiaries.

8. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

On October 11, 2013, the Company, together with certain of its subsidiaries, entered into a term loan agreement (the “Loan Agreement”) with Brookhaven Medical, Inc. (“BMI”), pursuant to which BMI made a loan to the Company in the amount of $1,000,000 under a Senior Secured Convertible Promissory Note (the “First BMI Note”). In connection with the Loan Agreement, the Company and BMI also entered into a letter of intent contemplating (i) an additional loan to the Company (the “Additional Loan”) of up to $2,000,000 by BMI (or an outside lender), and (ii) entrance into an agreement and plan of merger (the “Merger Agreement”) pursuant to which the Company would merge with a subsidiary of BMI, subject to various conditions precedent.

The First BMI Note carries an interest rate of 8% per annum, and all unpaid principal and accrued but unpaid interest under the First BMI Note is due and payable on the later of (i) October 10, 2014, or (ii) the first anniversary of the date of the Merger Agreement. The First BMI Note may be prepaid in whole or in part upon ten days’ written notice, and all unpaid principal and accrued interest under the Note may be converted, at the option of BMI, into shares of the Company’s Series C Convertible Preferred Stock (“Series C Preferred Stock”) at a conversion price of $70.00 per share. The Company’s obligations under the First BMI Note are secured by all the assets of the Company and its subsidiaries.