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Organization	12 Months Ended
Organization	Dec. 31, 2016
Organization Consolidation And Presentation Of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Organization	1. Organization Description of Business. IRIDEX Corporation (“IRIDEX”, the “Company”, “we”, “us”, or “our”) is a leading worldwide provider of therapeutic based laser systems, delivery devices and consumable instrumentation used to treat sight-threatening eye diseases in ophthalmology. Our ophthalmology products are sold in the United States predominantly through a direct sales force, and an independent sales force, and internationally through independent distributors.