Business and Liquidity	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2012
Business and Liquidity
Business and Liquidity	1. *Business and Liquidity* PLC Systems Inc. (“PLC” or the “Company”) is a medical device company specializing in innovative technologies for the cardiac and vascular markets. Over the past five years, the Company has begun initial commercialization outside the United States of its product, RenalGuard®, which currently represents the Company’s key strategic growth initiative and primary business focus. The RenalGuard System consists of a proprietary console and accompanying single-use sets and is designed to reduce the potentially toxic effects that contrast media can have on the kidneys when it is administered to patients during certain medical imaging procedures. The Company conducts business operations as one operating segment. For the year ended December 31, 2012, the Company incurred a net loss from continuing operations before taxes of approximately $8,387,000 and used cash in operations of approximately $3,165,000. As of December 31, 2012, cash and cash equivalents were $258,000. Management expects that quarterly losses and negative cash flows will continue during 2013. These factors raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern, which contemplates the realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business. The financial statements do not include any adjustments relating to the recoverability and classification of recorded asset amounts or the amounts and classification of liabilities that might be necessary should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern. Based upon the current financial condition of the Company and the expectation of continued quarterly losses during 2013, management is currently investigating ways to raise additional capital that can be completed in the next several months. The Company believes that its existing resources, based on its currently projected financial results, are sufficient to fund operations through the third quarter of 2013. Based upon current and anticipated revenue projections from foreign sales of our RenalGuard product, and the anticipated costs of its U.S. clinical trial, we expect that we will need to raise additional capital during the remainder of 2013 The Company was able to raise an additional $4,040,000 in capital on February 22, 2013, through the completion of financing with Palladium Capital Advisors LLC., (see Note 12). The Company will continue to review its other expense areas to determine whether additional reductions in discretionary spending can be achieved. The Company also believes that the recent publication of positive clinical results from two independent investigator-sponsored clinical trials in Italy, which show RenalGuard to be both a safe and effective product for the prevention of CIN in at-risk patients, presents a substantial opportunity for it to increase its sales and achieve profitable results in the next few years, provided the Company is able to raise the additional capital it needs in the near term to sustain its operations and expand its RenalGuard sales and marketing programs.

1. Business and Liquidity

PLC Systems Inc. (“PLC” or the “Company”) is a medical device company specializing in innovative technologies for the cardiac and vascular markets. Over the past five years, the Company has begun initial commercialization outside the United States of its product, RenalGuard®, which currently represents the Company’s key strategic growth initiative and primary business focus. The RenalGuard System consists of a proprietary console and accompanying single-use sets and is designed to reduce the potentially toxic effects that contrast media can have on the kidneys when it is administered to patients during certain medical imaging procedures. The Company conducts business operations as one operating segment.

For the year ended December 31, 2012, the Company incurred a net loss from continuing operations before taxes of approximately $8,387,000 and used cash in operations of approximately $3,165,000. As of December 31, 2012, cash and cash equivalents were $258,000. Management expects that quarterly losses and negative cash flows will continue during 2013. These factors raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern, which contemplates the realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business. The financial statements do not include any adjustments relating to the recoverability and classification of recorded asset amounts or the amounts and classification of liabilities that might be necessary should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern.

Based upon the current financial condition of the Company and the expectation of continued quarterly losses during 2013, management is currently investigating ways to raise additional capital that can be completed in the next several months. The Company believes that its existing resources, based on its currently projected financial results, are sufficient to fund operations through the third quarter of 2013. Based upon current and anticipated revenue projections from foreign sales of our RenalGuard product, and the anticipated costs of its U.S. clinical trial, we expect that we will need to raise additional capital during the remainder of 2013 The Company was able to raise an additional $4,040,000 in capital on February 22, 2013, through the completion of financing with Palladium Capital Advisors LLC., (see Note 12). The Company will continue to review its other expense areas to determine whether additional reductions in discretionary spending can be achieved.

The Company also believes that the recent publication of positive clinical results from two independent investigator-sponsored clinical trials in Italy, which show RenalGuard to be both a safe and effective product for the prevention of CIN in at-risk patients, presents a substantial opportunity for it to increase its sales and achieve profitable results in the next few years, provided the Company is able to raise the additional capital it needs in the near term to sustain its operations and expand its RenalGuard sales and marketing programs.