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Line of Credit and Debt - Line of Credit with Imperium Commercial Finance, LLC ("Imperium") (Details Textual) (USD $)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]    
Interest Expense, Debt $ 5,000us-gaap_InterestExpenseDebt $ 7,000us-gaap_InterestExpenseDebt
Long-term Line of Credit 1,134,000us-gaap_LineOfCredit  
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Amount Outstanding During Period 1,018,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumAmountOutstandingDuringPeriod  
Line of Credit Facility, Current Borrowing Capacity 116,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityCurrentBorrowingCapacity  
Warrant [Member]    
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]    
Debt Issuance Cost 25,000us-gaap_DebtIssuanceCosts
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25,000us-gaap_DebtIssuanceCosts
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= us-gaap_WarrantMember
First Niagara [Member]    
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]    
Debt Instrument, Convertible, Remaining Discount Amortization Period 3 years  
Imperium Line Of Credit [Member]    
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]    
Line of Credit Facility, Borrowing Capacity, Description On March 6, 2014, Imperium amended the Borrowing Base of the Imperium Line of Credit. More specifically, the amount available under the Imperium Line of Credit was capped to the lower of (i) $1,000,000, or (ii) 100% of the eligible outstanding accounts receivable.  
Line Of Credit Facility Termination Fee 25,000abmc_LineOfCreditFacilityTerminationFee
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Line Of Credit Facility Costs 435,000abmc_LineOfCreditFacilityCosts
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= abmc_ImperiumLineOfCreditMember
 
Supplemental Advance Line Of Credit Amount Outstanding 200,000abmc_SupplementalAdvanceLineOfCreditAmountOutstanding
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Total Loan Availability 0abmc_TotalLoanAvailability
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= abmc_ImperiumLineOfCreditMember
 
Debt Issuance Cost 34,000us-gaap_DebtIssuanceCosts
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Debt Instrument, Convertible, Remaining Discount Amortization Period 3 years  
Interest Expense, Debt 27,000us-gaap_InterestExpenseDebt
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= abmc_ImperiumLineOfCreditMember
26,000us-gaap_InterestExpenseDebt
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= abmc_ImperiumLineOfCreditMember
Long-term Line of Credit 818,000us-gaap_LineOfCredit
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Amortization of Debt Discount (Premium) 72,000us-gaap_AmortizationOfDebtDiscountPremium
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= abmc_ImperiumLineOfCreditMember
170,000us-gaap_AmortizationOfDebtDiscountPremium
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Maximum Funding Amounts Subject To Discretionary Borrowing Description EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest, Taxes Depreciation and Amortization) requirements. The Company has not been in compliance with the EBITDA requirements since the First Quarter of 2013. The EBITDA requirement for the First Quarter 2015 was $300,000, and the Company did not comply with this requirement. The Company did receive a waiver from Imperium for the three months ended March 31, 2013 (for which the Company paid a fee of $10,000), but no further formal waivers have been issued  
Interest Payable $ 7,000us-gaap_InterestPayableCurrentAndNoncurrent
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