Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2018

Revenue From Contract With Customer [Abstract]

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

Product and Product-related Services Revenue

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 and nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017 as follows:

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2018		2017		2018		2017
Product revenue:
Instruments	$	24,844	$	199,205	$	309,711	$	370,263
Consumables		427,899		426,400		1,273,011		1,203,663
Total product revenue		452,743		625,605		1,582,722		1,573,926
Product-related services revenue:
Custom RUO assay development		262,044		73,567		565,768		419,515
Sample processing		600,057		893,618		2,923,212		2,428,863
Total product-related services revenue		862,101		967,185		3,488,980		2,848,378
Total product and product-related services revenue	$	1,314,844	$	1,592,790	$	5,071,702	$	4,422,304

Schedule of Collaborative Development Services

Collaborative Development Services Revenue

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2018		2017		2018		2017
Collaborative development services	$	3,391,534	$	2,130,694	$	8,704,094	$	2,433,105

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 January 1, 2018	$	39,426		$	197,606		$	490,536		$	110,317		$	837,885
Deferral of revenue		151,461			336,080			166,291			70,918			724,750
Recognition of deferred revenue		(135,980	)		(453,768	)		(403,677	)		(181,235	)		(1,174,660	)
Balance at September 30, 2018	$	54,907		$	79,918		$	253,150		$	—		$	387,975