Stock Purchase Warrants (Details) - $ / shares	1 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Nov. 18, 2016	Sep. 30, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Closing stock price	$ 1.75	$ 0.93	$ 0.76
Expected dividends	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
Expected volatility	95.00%	85.00%	95.00%
Risk free interest rate	1.39%	1.48%	1.41%
Expected life of warrant (years)	5 years	2 years	2 years 9 months 18 days
Series A Warrants [Member]
Closing stock price	$ 0.89	$ 0.93	$ 0.76
Expected dividends	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
Expected volatility	85.00%	80.00%	85.00%
Risk free interest rate	1.58%	1.64%	1.67%
Expected life of warrant (years)	4 years	3 years 1 month 6 days	3 years 10 months 24 days
Series B Warrants [Member]
Closing stock price	$ 0.89	$ 0.93	$ 0.76
Expected dividends	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
Expected volatility	85.00%	70.00%	90.00%
Risk free interest rate	0.81%	1.06%	0.85%
Expected life of warrant (years)	1 year 1 month 6 days	3 months 18 days	1 year

Expected dividends to be paid to holders of the underlying shares or financial instruments (expressed as a percentage of the share or instrument's price).

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-Publisher FASB
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