Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Text Block] | 5. Share-based Compensation Service Vesting-Based Stock Options The following is a summary of service vesting-based related stock option activity for the nine September 30, 2018, September 30, 2018: Nine Month Period Ended September 30, 2018 Wtd. Avg. Exercise Options Price Outstanding at beginning of year 2,390,012 $ 1.85 Granted — $ — Exercised (267,055 ) $ 1.30 Forfeited (15,627 ) $ 4.34 Expired — $ — Outstanding service vesting-based at September 30, 2018 2,107,330 $ 1.90 Service vesting-based options exercisable at September 30, 2018 1,622,980 $ 1.83 We recognized stock compensation expense related to service vesting-based options of $146,567 $146,355 three September 30, 2018 2017, $448,882 $463,217 nine September 30, 2018 September 30, 2017, September 30, 2018, $32,868,498 $25,429,311 September 30, 2018. three September 30, 2018 2017 $2,094,344 none, nine September 30, 2018 2017 $3,088,117 $91,817, three September 30, 2018 2017 none nine September 30, 2018 2017 none $1.13 September 30, 2018, 5.8 5.5 September 30, 2018 $678,908 1.6 Performance-based Stock Options The Company’s Board of Directors implemented a Management Performance Bonus Plan for 2017. December 31, 2017, 1,000,000 may $1.64, 2017 50% 2017, 50% one not no February 27, 2018, 2017 999,997 50% March 8, 2018 50% March 8, 2019. The following is a summary of performance-based stock option activity for the nine September 30, 2018, September 30, 2018: Nine Month Period Ended September 30, 2018 Wtd. Avg. Exercise Options Price Outstanding at beginning of year 999,997 $ 1.64 Granted — $ — Exercised (35,000 ) $ 1.64 Outstanding performance-based at September 30, 2018 964,997 $ 1.64 Performance-based options exercisable at September 30, 2018 465,001 $ 1.64 We recognized stock compensation expense related to performance-based options of $128,296 $128,298 three September 30, 2018 2017, $380,705 $380,708 nine September 30, 2018 2017, September 30, 2018, $15,304,852 $7,374,916 September 30, 2018. three nine September 30, 2018 none $285,250, no three nine September 30, 2017. September 30, 2018, 3.2 September 30, 2018 $128,296 0.3 The fair value of share-based payments made with stock options to employees and non-employee directors was estimated on the measurement date using the Black-Scholes model using the following weighted average assumptions. Three Month Period Ended Nine Month Period Ended September 30, September 30, 2018 2017 2018 2017 Risk free interest rate N/A N/A N/A 2.07 % Dividend yield N/A N/A N/A 0.0 % Expected term (in years) N/A N/A N/A 5.18 Volatility N/A N/A N/A 75 % Restricted Stock The following is a summary of restricted stock activity for the nine September 30, 2018, September 30, 2018: Nine Month Period Ended September 30, 2018 Number of Grant-Date Outstanding at beginning of year 237,926 $ 1.79 Granted 181,268 $ 7.02 Vested (96,593 ) $ 1.80 Forfeited (21,128 ) $ 3.32 Outstanding at September 30, 2018 301,473 $ 4.82 The aggregate fair value of the awards granted during the three nine September 30, 2018 $147,900 $1,272,948, three nine September 30, 2017 none $364,936, three September 30, 2018 2017 $392,858 $38,567, nine September 30, 2018 2017 $873,594 $99,725, We recognized stock compensation expense of $108,277 $39,290 three September 30, 2018 2017, $301,058 $113,786 nine September 30, 2018 2017, September 30, 2018, $1,245,763 3.2 We recorded total stock compensation expense for the three nine September 30, 2018 2017, Three Month Period Ended Nine Month Period Ended September 30, September 30, 2018 2017 2018 2017 Research and development costs $ 64,970 $ 59,434 $ 195,316 $ 177,514 Sales and marketing costs 64,152 55,402 201,907 173,072 General and administrative costs 194,764 156,621 576,718 479,803 Cost of product sales 59,254 42,486 157,004 127,322 Total $ 383,140 $ 313,943 $ 1,130,945 $ 957,711 |