INVENTORY

9 Months Ended

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Dec. 31, 2010

5. INVENTORY

As of September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, the Company’s inventory consisted of VeraTemp® thermometers, DisintegratorPlus® and other finished products including components, assemblies and packaging materials related thereto as follows:

	September 30,		December 31,
	2011		2010

Finished goods	$	118,748	$	105,091
Work in progress		171,252		95,919
	$	290,000	$	201,010

5. INVENTORY

During 2010, the Company established assembly and packaging operations at it Cleveland, Ohio warehouse. As of December 31, 2010 and 2009, the Company’s inventory consisted of Vera Temp thermometers, Thermofocus thermometers, Disintegrator Plus® and other finished products including components, assemblies and packaging materials related thereto as follows:

	2010		2009

Finished goods	$	105,091	$	687,147
Work in progress		95,919		-
Reserve for consigned product		-		(166,808	)
	$	201,010	$	520,339

During the second quarter of 2010, the Company began phasing out distribution of the Thermofocus thermometer due in part to falling customer demand and high product costs, and began accepting orders for the new Vera Temp Non-Contact thermometer. At various points during 2010, the Company determined that the estimated market value of the then remaining thermometer units on-hand had permanently fallen below their carrying cost. Therefore, during 2010 the Company recorded lower of cost or market adjustments aggregating $256,948 to reduce the thermometer inventory carrying value to estimated net realizable value. The estimated net realizable value was determined from recent selling prices of the product.

The Company ceased distributing product on a consignment basis in 2009 and entered into a final settlement agreement with a consignment customer in 2010. As of December 31, 2010 and 2009, inventory reserves for previously consigned product were $0 and $166,808, respectively. During 2010 and 2009, the Company reversed $166,808 and $163,990, respectively, of its reserve against inventory as this product was either sold and collected, or deemed by management to be permanently lost, damaged or not recoverable. A summary of changes to the inventory reserve account is as follows:

	Balance,		Additions							Balance,
	Beginning of		Charged to		Charged to					End of
	Year		Cost or Expense		Other Accounts		Deductions			Year
Inventory -
Reserve for inventory lost or damaged
2009	$	272,025	$	58,773	$	-	$	(163,990	)	$	166,808
2010		166,808		-		-		(166,808	)		-

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The entire disclosure for inventory. This may include, but is not limited to, the basis of stating inventory, the method of determining inventory cost, the major classes of inventory, and the nature of the cost elements included in inventory. If inventory is stated above cost, accrued net losses on firm purchase commitments for inventory and losses resulting from valuing inventory at the lower-of-cost-or-market may also be included. For LIFO inventory, may disclose the amount and basis for determining the excess of replacement or current cost over stated LIFO value and the effects of a LIFO quantities liquidation that impacts net income.

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