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Represents number of existing warrants.

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Represents percentage of discount to weighted average closing price.

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Represents amount of proceeds from issuance of common stock and warrants.

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Number of securities into which the class of warrant or right may be converted. For example, but not limited to, 500,000 warrants may be converted into 1,000,000 shares.

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The cash inflow associated with the amount received from entity's raising of capital via private rather than public placement.

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CAPITAL STOCK (Detail Textuals 3) (USD $)	1 Months Ended	0 Months Ended
CAPITAL STOCK (Detail Textuals 3) (USD $)	Aug. 19, 2014	Jul. 08, 2014	Jun. 03, 2014	Nov. 20, 2014	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2014
Stock Options
Stockholders' Equity Note [Line Items]
Exercised	145,583
Number of common stock called by option	341,668
Subsequent Event
Stockholders' Equity Note [Line Items]
Warrants issued to placement agent				2,800,000
Exercise Price				$ 3.73
Series B Warrants \| Crede CG III, Ltd
Stockholders' Equity Note [Line Items]
Share price					$ 5.46	$ 0.09
Private Placement
Stockholders' Equity Note [Line Items]
Proceeds from issuance of private placement			$ 2,145,956
Sale of common stock (in shares)		1,500	312,257
Share issued (Price per share)			$ 6.87
Warrants issued to placement agent		1,500	312,257
Percentage of discount to weighted average closing price			5.00%
Exercise Price			$ 8.25
Percentage of premium to purchase price			20.00%
Proceeds from issuance of common stock and warrants		$ 10,308
Private Placement \| Minimum
Stockholders' Equity Note [Line Items]
Share price			$ 6.93
Private Placement \| Maximum
Stockholders' Equity Note [Line Items]
Share price			$ 7.47
Private Placement \| Series B Warrants \| Crede CG III, Ltd
Stockholders' Equity Note [Line Items]
Exercise Price					$ 14.59
Adjusted exercise price of warrants					14.09
Existing number of warrants							373,529
Number of warrants after adjusting exercise price							386,618
Adjusted exercise price of warrants after dilution		14.06
Increased number of warrants after dilution of additional warrants		387,621