Note 2 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Antidilutive Securities (Details) - shares	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2017	Sep. 30, 2016
Employee Stock Option [Member]
Stock options to purchase common stock (in shares)	2,489,979	1,315,808
Common Stock Warrants [Member]
Stock options to purchase common stock (in shares)	642,622	425,274
Restricted Stock [Member]
Stock options to purchase common stock (in shares)		64,405

Securities (including those issuable pursuant to contingent stock agreements) that could potentially dilute basic earnings per share (EPS) or earnings per unit (EPU) in the future that were not included in the computation of diluted EPS or EPU because to do so would increase EPS or EPU amounts or decrease loss per share or unit amounts for the period presented.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 260
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (c)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6371337&loc=d3e3550-109257

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