Property and Equipment

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

NOTE 3 — PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT

Property and equipment consist of the following:


	Estimated Useful Lives	September 30, 2011			December 31, 2010
Machinery and equipment	5 years	$	566,000		$	452,000
Furniture and fixtures	3-5 years		81,000			50,000
Software	3-5 years		57,000			37,000

			704,000			539,000
Accumulated depreciation and amortization			(288,000	)		(202,000	)

Property and equipment, net		$	416,000		$	337,000

Depreciation of fixed assets utilized in research and development activities is included in research and development costs and expenses. All other depreciation is included in selling, general and administrative costs and expenses. Depreciation and amortization expense was $43,000 and $100,000, respectively for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011, and was $29,000 and $59,000, respectively for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets that are used in the normal conduct of business to produce goods and services and not intended for resale. Examples include land, buildings, machinery and equipment, and other types of furniture and equipment including, but not limited to, office equipment, furniture and fixtures, and computer equipment and software. This disclosure may include property plant and equipment accounting policies and methodology, a schedule of property, plant and equipment gross, additions, deletions, transfers and other changes, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, net, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense and useful lives, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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