STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]

Schedule of Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs

The following table summarizes stock-based compensation expense, net of forfeitures, included in our accompanying unaudited interim condensed consolidated statements of earnings:

(in thousands)	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2016		2015		2016		2015
Cost of sales	$	24	$	23	$	38	$	60
Research and development		25		31		74		80
Selling, general, and adminstrative		1,316		1,066		4,575		2,577
	$	1,365	$	1,120	$	4,687	$	2,717

Schedule of Share-based Compansation, Stock Option And Restricted Stock, Activity

A summary of stock option and restricted stock activity under the Plan during the nine months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015 is presented below:

(in thousands)	Options		RSAs
Outstanding December 31, 2014		458		63
Granted		130		28
Options Exercised/RSAs Vested		(81)		(10)
Forfeited		(33)		(5)
Outstanding September 30, 2015		474		76
Outstanding December 31, 2015		474		63
Granted		293		42
Options Exercised/RSAs Vested		(120)		(15)
Forfeited		(59)		(12)
Outstanding September 30, 2016		588		78