Description of Business, Basis of Presentation, and Operating Segment	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2017
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Description of Business, Basis of Presentation, and Operating Segment	Description of Business, Basis of Presentation, and Operating Segment (a) Description of Business Endologix, Inc. (the "Company") is a Delaware corporation with corporate headquarters in Irvine, California and production facilities located in Irvine, California and Santa Rosa, California. The Company develops, manufactures, markets, and sells innovative medical devices for the treatment of aortic disorders. The Company's products are intended for the minimally invasive endovascular treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms ("AAA"). The Company's AAA products include innovations for minimally-invasive endovascular aneurysm repair ("EVAR") or endovascular aneurysm sealing (“EVAS”), the Company's innovative solution for sealing the aneurysm sac while maintaining blood flow through two blood flow lumens. The Company's current EVAR products include the Ovation® Abdominal Stent Graft System (the “Ovation” System), and the AFX® Endovascular AAA System (the “AFX” System) which features the VELA™ Proximal Endograft System, and the AFX2 Bifurcated Endograft System (the “AFX2” System). The Company's current EVAS product is the Nellix® EndoVascular Aneurysm Sealing System (the “Nellix EVAS System”). Sales of the Company's EVAR and EVAS platforms (including extensions and accessories) to hospitals in the U.S. and Europe, and to third-party international distributors worldwide, provide the sole source of the Company's reported revenue. On February 3, 2016, the Company completed its previously announced merger with TriVascular Technologies, Inc. (“TriVascular”). The merger with TriVascular expanded the Company's product offering and intellectual property, increased the Company's sales force, and enhanced our product development capabilities. The Company’s Ovation System consist of a radiopaque nitinol stent for suprarenal fixation and a low-permeability polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) graft. The stent is designed with integral anchors to enable fixation to the aortic wall. To seal the graft and to provide support for the aortic body legs into which the iliac limbs are deployed, the graft contains a network of inflatable rings that are filled with a liquid polymer that solidifies during the deployment procedure. The Company's AFX System consist of (i) a cobalt chromium alloy stent covered by polytetrafluoroethylene (commonly referred to as "ePTFE") graft material and (ii) accompanying delivery systems. Once fixed in its proper position within the abdominal aortic bifurcation, the Company's AFX System provides a conduit for blood flow, thereby relieving pressure within the weakened or “aneurysmal” section of the vessel wall, which greatly reduces the potential for the AAA to rupture. The Company's Nellix EVAS System consists of (i) bilateral covered stents with endobags, (ii) a biocompatible polymer injected into the endobags to seal the aneurysm and (iii) a delivery system and polymer dispenser. The Company's Nellix EVAS System seals the entire aneurysm sac effectively excluding the aneurysm reducing the likelihood of future aneurysm rupture. Additionally, the Nellix EVAS System has the potential to reduce post procedural re-interventions. (b) Basis of Presentation The accompanying Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America ("GAAP") and the rules and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"). These financial statements include the financial position, results of operations, and cash flows of the Company, including its subsidiaries, all of which are wholly-owned. All inter-company accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016, there were no related party transactions. The interim financial data as of June 30, 2017 is unaudited and is not necessarily indicative of the results for a full year. In the opinion of the Company's management, the interim data includes normal and recurring adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of the Company's financial results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2017. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in annual financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP have been condensed or omitted pursuant to SEC rules and regulations relating to interim financial statements. The interim financial data includes the results of TriVascular, beginning on February 3, 2016, the effective date of the merger. The accompanying Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements should be read in conjunction with the Company's audited Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes thereto included in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016, filed with the SEC on March 1, 2017. (c) Operating Segment The Company has one operating and reporting segment that is focused exclusively on the development, manufacture, marketing, and sale of EVAR and EVAS product for the treatment of aortic disorders. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2017, all of the Company's revenue and related expenses were solely attributable to these activities. Substantially all of the Company's long-lived assets are located in the U.S.

Description of Business, Basis of Presentation, and Operating Segment

(a) Description of Business

Endologix, Inc. (the "Company") is a Delaware corporation with corporate headquarters in Irvine, California and production facilities located in Irvine, California and Santa Rosa, California. The Company develops, manufactures, markets, and sells innovative medical devices for the treatment of aortic disorders. The Company's products are intended for the minimally invasive endovascular treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms ("AAA"). The Company's AAA products include innovations for minimally-invasive endovascular aneurysm repair ("EVAR") or endovascular aneurysm sealing (“EVAS”), the Company's innovative solution for sealing the aneurysm sac while maintaining blood flow through two blood flow lumens. The Company's current EVAR products include the Ovation® Abdominal Stent Graft System (the “Ovation” System), and the AFX® Endovascular AAA System (the “AFX” System) which features the VELA™ Proximal Endograft System, and the AFX2 Bifurcated Endograft System (the “AFX2” System). The Company's current EVAS product is the Nellix® EndoVascular Aneurysm Sealing System (the “Nellix EVAS System”). Sales of the Company's EVAR and EVAS platforms (including extensions and accessories) to hospitals in the U.S. and Europe, and to third-party international distributors worldwide, provide the sole source of the Company's reported revenue.

On February 3, 2016, the Company completed its previously announced merger with TriVascular Technologies, Inc. (“TriVascular”). The merger with TriVascular expanded the Company's product offering and intellectual property, increased the Company's sales force, and enhanced our product development capabilities.

The Company’s Ovation System consist of a radiopaque nitinol stent for suprarenal fixation and a low-permeability polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) graft. The stent is designed with integral anchors to enable fixation to the aortic wall. To seal the graft and to provide support for the aortic body legs into which the iliac limbs are deployed, the graft contains a network of inflatable rings that are filled with a liquid polymer that solidifies during the deployment procedure.

The Company's AFX System consist of (i) a cobalt chromium alloy stent covered by polytetrafluoroethylene (commonly referred to as "ePTFE") graft material and (ii) accompanying delivery systems. Once fixed in its proper position within the abdominal aortic bifurcation, the Company's AFX System provides a conduit for blood flow, thereby relieving pressure within the weakened or “aneurysmal” section of the vessel wall, which greatly reduces the potential for the AAA to rupture.

The Company's Nellix EVAS System consists of (i) bilateral covered stents with endobags, (ii) a biocompatible polymer injected into the endobags to seal the aneurysm and (iii) a delivery system and polymer dispenser. The Company's Nellix EVAS System seals the entire aneurysm sac effectively excluding the aneurysm reducing the likelihood of future aneurysm rupture. Additionally, the Nellix EVAS System has the potential to reduce post procedural re-interventions.

(b) Basis of Presentation

The accompanying Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America ("GAAP") and the rules and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"). These financial statements include the financial position, results of operations, and cash flows of the Company, including its subsidiaries, all of which are wholly-owned. All inter-company accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016, there were no related party transactions.

The interim financial data as of June 30, 2017 is unaudited and is not necessarily indicative of the results for a full year. In the opinion of the Company's management, the interim data includes normal and recurring adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of the Company's financial results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2017. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in annual financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP have been condensed or omitted pursuant to SEC rules and regulations relating to interim financial statements. The interim financial data includes the results of TriVascular, beginning on February 3, 2016, the effective date of the merger.

The accompanying Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements should be read in conjunction with the Company's audited Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes thereto included in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016, filed with the SEC on March 1, 2017.

The Company has one operating and reporting segment that is focused exclusively on the development, manufacture, marketing, and sale of EVAR and EVAS product for the treatment of aortic disorders. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2017, all of the Company's revenue and related expenses were solely attributable to these activities. Substantially all of the Company's long-lived assets are located in the U.S.