Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2018

Revenue From Contract With Customer [Abstract]

Product and Product-Related Service Revenue from Sale of Instruments and Consumables

The Company had product and product-related services revenue consisting of revenue from the sale of instruments and consumables and the use of the HTG EdgeSeq proprietary technology to process samples and design custom RUO assays for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017 as follows:

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2018		2017
Product revenue:
Instrument	$	11,358	$	22,579
Consumables		252,012		518,565
Total product revenue		263,370		541,144
Product-related services revenue:
Custom RUO assay design		127,027		41,287
Sample processing		1,343,149		788,738
Total product-related services revenue		1,470,176		830,025
Total product and product-related services revenue	$	1,733,546	$	1,371,169

Schedule of Collaborative Development Services

Collaborative Development Services Revenue

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2018		2017
Collaborative development services	$	2,425,106	$	—

Schedule of Changes in Contract Liability

Changes in the Company’s contract liability were as follows as of the date indicated:

	Product Revenue			Custom RUO Assay Design			Sample Processing			Collaborative Development Services			Total Contract Liability
Balance at December 31, 2017	$	39,426		$	197,606		$	354,911		$	245,942		$	837,885
Deferral of revenue		55,476			135,250			53,770			—			244,496
Recognition of deferred revenue		(65,345	)		(127,027	)		(252,811	)		(32,389	)		(477,572	)
Balance at March 31, 2018	$	29,557		$	205,829		$	155,870		$	213,553		$	604,809