Basis Of Presentation

3 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Basis Of Presentation [Abstract]

Basis Of Presentation

1. Basis of Presentation

Company Overview

Escalon Medical Corp. ("Escalon" or the "Company") is a Pennsylvania corporation initially incorporated in California in 1987 and reincorporated in Pennsylvania in November 2001. Within this document, the "Company" collectively shall mean Escalon and its wholly owned subsidiaries: Sonomed, Inc. ("Sonomed"), TREK, Inc ("Trek"), Escalon Vascular Access, Inc. ("Vascular"), Escalon Medical Europe GmbH ("EME"), Escalon Digital Vision, Inc. ("EMI"), Escalon Pharmaceutical, Inc. ("Pharmaceutical"), Escalon Holdings, Inc. ("EHI"), Escalon IP Holdings, Inc., Escalon Vascular IP Holdings, Inc., Sonomed IP Holdings, Inc., Drew Scientific Holdings, Inc., Drew Scientific, Inc., and Drew Scientific Group, Plc ("Drew") and its subsidiaries. All inter-company accounts and transactions have been eliminated. The Company sold certain assets of the Vascular business for $5,750,000 on April 30, 2010 to Vascular Solutions, Inc. (see footnote 10 to the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information).

The Company operates in the healthcare market, specializing in the development, manufacture marketing and distribution of medical devices and pharmaceuticals in the areas of ophthalmology, diabetes and hematology. The Company and its products are subject to regulation and inspection by the United States Food and Drug Administration (the "FDA"). The FDA and other governmental authorities require extensive testing of new products prior to sale and have jurisdiction over the safety, efficacy and manufacture of products, as well as product labeling and marketing.

Management reviews financial information, allocates resources, and manages the business as three segments, Escalon Clinical Diagnostics ("ECD"), Sonomed-Escalon and Escalon Medical Corp. The ECD segment consists of Drew Scientific, Inc., and its wholly owned subsidiaries JAS Diagnostics, Inc. ("JAS") and Biocode Hycel ("Biocode"). ECD develops and sells clinical diagnostic instruments, reagents and chemistries. The Sonomed-Escalon segment consists of Sonomed, Inc., EMI and Trek, all of which are engaged in the development and sale of Ophthalmic medical devices. The Escalon Medical Corp. segment includes the administrative corporate operations of the consolidated group. The Company is including redesignated reporting segments beginning with Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2011, and prior period segment information has been reclassified to conform with the current year presentation.