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Sep. 30, 2023 USD ($) customer segment	Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($) customer
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Depreciation expense	$ 1,362,249	$ 1,290,480
Excess of FDIC insurance limit	6,900,000
Research and development	3,735,078	3,926,043
Advertising expense	185,115	293,395
Impairment losses	$ 0
Offering costs in aggregate		1,766,170
Transaction cost allocated to warrant liabilities		(1,668,112)
Additional paid in capital charges		98,058
Number of reportable segments \| segment	3
Transfers from Level 2 to Level 1, Assets	$ 0
Transfers from Level 1 to Level 2, Assets	0
Transfers from Level 2 to Level 1, Liabilities	0
Transfers from Level 1 to Level 2, Liabilities	0
Transfers Into Level 3, Liabilities	0
Transfers out of Level 3, Liabilities	$ 0
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Construction in progress	$ 0	$ 127,935
Furniture and Fixtures [Member]
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Leasehold Improvements [Member]
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Customer Concentration Risk \| Total Revenue
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Number of customers \| customer	2
Customer Concentration Risk \| Total Revenue \| One customer
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Concentration risk percentage	65.00%	58.00%
Number of customers \| customer		1
Customer Concentration Risk \| Total Revenue \| Two customer
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Concentration risk percentage	14.00%
Customer Concentration Risk \| Accounts Receivable \| Two customer
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Concentration risk percentage	60.00%	89.00%
Number of customers \| customer	3	2
Customer Concentration Risk \| COVID-19 testing contract \| One customer
BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND SUMMARY OF ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Concentration risk percentage	65.00%
Customer Concentration Risk \| COVID-19 testing contract \| Two customer
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Concentration risk percentage		58.00%

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