Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Notes Payable (Details 3)

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Notes Payable (Details 3) (USD $)
0 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Nov. 12, 2014
Oct. 05, 2012
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Nov. 13, 2014
Credit facility disclosures          
Shares of common stock sold     19,488,814us-gaap_CommonStockSharesIssued 17,339,561us-gaap_CommonStockSharesIssued  
Value of common stock sold     194,888us-gaap_CommonStockValue $ 173,395us-gaap_CommonStockValue  
PDL          
Credit facility disclosures          
Shares of common stock sold 643,382us-gaap_CommonStockSharesIssued
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Value of common stock sold 1,750,000us-gaap_CommonStockValue
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Public offering price (in dollars per share) $ 2.72us-gaap_SharePrice
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Three Peaks          
Credit facility disclosures          
Shares of common stock sold 1,375,969us-gaap_CommonStockSharesIssued
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Value of common stock sold 3,550,000us-gaap_CommonStockValue
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Public offering price (in dollars per share) $ 2.58us-gaap_SharePrice
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Term Loan | Three Peaks          
Credit facility disclosures          
Term 6 years        
Interest payable 9.00%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
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Face amount 25,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount
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Basis spread on fixed rate, option 1 LIBOR        
Basis spread on fixed rate, option 2 1.00%axgn_DebtInstrumentBasisSpreadOnFixedRateOption2
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Effective interest rate (as a percent)     10.00%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateAtPeriodEnd
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  10.00%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateAtPeriodEnd
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Optional future additional borrowing 7,000,000axgn_DebtInstrumentOptionalAdditionalBorrowings
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Upon certain events, the percentage of outstanding principal amount of the Term Loan the Company has the option to prepay and the lender has a right to demand payment for on or prior to the first anniversary of the applicable Closing Date 120.00%axgn_UponCertainEventsMultipleOfOutstandingTermLoanLenderHasRightToDemandOnOrPriorToFirstAnniversaryOfApplicableClosingDate
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Upon certain events, the percentage of outstanding principal amount of the Term Loan the Company has the option to prepay and the lender has a right to demand payment for after the first anniversary but before the second anniversary of the applicable Closing Date 135.00%axgn_UponCertainEventsMultipleOfOutstandingTermLoanLenderHasRightToDemandAfterFirstAnniversaryButBeforeSecondAnniversaryOfApplicableClosingDate
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Upon certain events, the percentage of outstanding principal amount of the Term Loan the Company has the option to prepay and the lender has a right to demand payment for after the second anniversary but before the third anniversary of the applicable Closing Date 150.00%axgn_UponCertainEventsMultipleOfOutstandingTermLoanLenderHasRightToDemandAfterSecondAnniversaryButBeforeThirdAnniversaryOfApplicableClosingDate
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Upon certain events, the internal rate of return of the outstanding principal amount of the Term Loan the Company has the option to prepay and the lender has a right to demand after the third anniversary of the applicable Closing Date 16.25%axgn_UponCertainEventsInternalRateOfReturnOfOutstandingTermLoanLenderHasRightToDemandAfterThirdAnniversaryOfApplicableClosingDate
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Upon certain events, the additional percentage of the originally advanced Term Loan amount owed 3.00%axgn_UponCertainEventsAdditionalPercentageOfOriginallyAdvancedTermLoanOwed
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Revenue Interest Purchase Agreement | PDL          
Credit facility disclosures          
Term   8 years      
Face amount       20,800,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount
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Royalty percentage on net revenue       9.95%axgn_RoyaltyPercentageOfNetRevenue
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Revenue Interest Purchase Agreement | Three Peaks          
Credit facility disclosures          
Term 10 years   10 years    
Royalty percentage on net revenue 3.75%axgn_RoyaltyPercentageOfNetRevenue
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Revenue Interest Purchase Agreement | Three Peaks | Maximum          
Credit facility disclosures          
Royalty percentage on net revenue 4.80%axgn_RoyaltyPercentageOfNetRevenue
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Royalty revenue per year $ 30,000,000us-gaap_RoyaltyRevenue
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