Description of Business	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2021
Organization Consolidation And Presentation Of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Description of Business	1. Description of Business Vapotherm, Inc. (the “Company”) is a global medical technology company primarily focused on the development and commercialization of its proprietary High Velocity Therapy products that are used to treat patients of all ages suffering from respiratory distress. The Company’s Precision Flow High Velocity Therapy delivers non-invasive ventilatory support by providing heated, humidified and oxygenated air at a high velocity to patients through a comfortable small-bore nasal interface. The Company’s Precision Flow systems, which use High Velocity Therapy, are clinically validated alternatives to, and address many limitations of, the current standard of care for the treatment of respiratory distress in a hospital setting. The Company offers four versions of its Precision Flow systems: Precision Flow Hi-VNI, Precision Flow Plus, Precision Flow Classic and Precision Flow Heliox. In certain countries outside of the United States, the Company offers the Oxygen Assist Module, which was launched in the United Kingdom, select European markets, and Israel in late 2020 and is now available in 21 countries. The Company generates subscription-based revenue from its Oxygen Assist Module and related disposables products utilized with the Oxygen Assist Module. The Company generates revenue from sales of its Precision Flow systems and related disposable products utilized with its Precision Flow systems. The Company also generates revenue from sales of its Precision Flow system’s companion products, which include the Vapotherm Transfer Unit 2.0, the Q50 compressor and various adapters. The Company offers different options to its hospital customers for acquiring Precision Flow capital units, ranging from the purchase of the Precision Flow capital units with payment in full at the time of purchase, to financed purchases of the Precision Flow capital units, to bundled discounts involving the placement of Precision Flow capital units for use by the customer at no upfront charge in connection with the customer’s ongoing purchase of disposable products. The Company sells Precision Flow systems to hospitals through a direct sales force in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany and through distributors in select other countries outside of these three countries. In addition, the Company utilizes clinical educators who are typically experienced users of high velocity therapy and who focus on medical education efforts to facilitate adoption and increase utilization. The Company is focused on physicians, respiratory therapists and nurses who work in acute hospital settings, including the emergency department (“ED”) and adult, pediatric and neonatal intensive care units (the “ICUs”). The Company’s relationship with these clinicians is particularly important, as it enables its products to follow patients through the care continuum. In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared a global pandemic related to the novel coronavirus (“COVID-19”). The Company’s high velocity therapy is a first-line therapy for treating respiratory distress, which is experienced by many COVID-19 patients. The Company’s hospital customers around the world are using the Company’s technology to support the respiratory distress experienced by many COVID-19 patients so that they can triage their sickest patients using a limited number of ventilators. As a result, the Company experienced a significant increase in worldwide demand for its products from both new and existing accounts in 2020 and during the first and third quarters of 2021, as compared to prior year periods. The full extent to which the COVID-19 pandemic will continue to impact the Company’s business will depend on future developments, which are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted, including new information which may emerge concerning the severity of COVID-19 and variants of the virus and the actions taken to treat or contain COVID-19 or to otherwise limit its impact, including the availability, adoption and effectiveness of vaccines, among other factors. On November 13, 2020, the Company acquired HGE Health Care Solutions LLC (“HGE”). The Company undertook the acquisition to expand its capabilities by providing a remote monitoring platform designed to empower respiratory patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (“COPD”), as well as payors and providers, to manage day-to-day symptoms, prevent exacerbations, lower costs and improve patient quality of life. HGE was rebranded to Vapotherm Access (“Vapotherm Access”) during the second quarter of 2021. See Note 3 “Business Combination” to these condensed consolidated financial statements for details of this transaction.

Description of Business

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2021

Organization Consolidation And Presentation Of Financial Statements [Abstract]

1. Description of Business

Vapotherm, Inc. (the “Company”) is a global medical technology company primarily focused on the development and commercialization of its proprietary High Velocity Therapy products that are used to treat patients of all ages suffering from respiratory distress. The Company’s Precision Flow High Velocity Therapy delivers non-invasive ventilatory support by providing heated, humidified and oxygenated air at a high velocity to patients through a comfortable small-bore nasal interface. The Company’s Precision Flow systems, which use High Velocity Therapy, are clinically validated alternatives to, and address many limitations of, the current standard of care for the treatment of respiratory distress in a hospital setting.

The Company offers four versions of its Precision Flow systems: Precision Flow Hi-VNI, Precision Flow Plus, Precision Flow Classic and Precision Flow Heliox. In certain countries outside of the United States, the Company offers the Oxygen Assist Module, which was launched in the United Kingdom, select European markets, and Israel in late 2020 and is now available in 21 countries. The Company generates subscription-based revenue from its Oxygen Assist Module and related disposables products utilized with the Oxygen Assist Module. The Company generates revenue from sales of its Precision Flow systems and related disposable products utilized with its Precision Flow systems. The Company also generates revenue from sales of its Precision Flow system’s companion products, which include the Vapotherm Transfer Unit 2.0, the Q50 compressor and various adapters. The Company offers different options to its hospital customers for acquiring Precision Flow capital units, ranging from the purchase of the Precision Flow capital units with payment in full at the time of purchase, to financed purchases of the Precision Flow capital units, to bundled discounts involving the placement of Precision Flow capital units for use by the customer at no upfront charge in connection with the customer’s ongoing purchase of disposable products.

The Company sells Precision Flow systems to hospitals through a direct sales force in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany and through distributors in select other countries outside of these three countries. In addition, the Company utilizes clinical educators who are typically experienced users of high velocity therapy and who focus on medical education efforts to facilitate adoption and increase utilization. The Company is focused on physicians, respiratory therapists and nurses who work in acute hospital settings, including the emergency department (“ED”) and adult, pediatric and neonatal intensive care units (the “ICUs”). The Company’s relationship with these clinicians is particularly important, as it enables its products to follow patients through the care continuum.

In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared a global pandemic related to the novel coronavirus (“COVID-19”). The Company’s high velocity therapy is a first-line therapy for treating respiratory distress, which is experienced by many COVID-19 patients. The Company’s hospital customers around the world are using the Company’s technology to support the respiratory distress experienced by many COVID-19 patients so that they can triage their sickest patients using a limited number of ventilators. As a result, the Company experienced a significant increase in worldwide demand for its products from both new and existing accounts in 2020 and during the first and third quarters of 2021, as compared to prior year periods. The full extent to which the COVID-19 pandemic will continue to impact the Company’s business will depend on future developments, which are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted, including new information which may emerge concerning the severity of COVID-19 and variants of the virus and the actions taken to treat or contain COVID-19 or to otherwise limit its impact, including the availability, adoption and effectiveness of vaccines, among other factors.

On November 13, 2020, the Company acquired HGE Health Care Solutions LLC (“HGE”). The Company undertook the acquisition to expand its capabilities by providing a remote monitoring platform designed to empower respiratory patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (“COPD”), as well as payors and providers, to manage day-to-day symptoms, prevent exacerbations, lower costs and improve patient quality of life. HGE was rebranded to Vapotherm Access (“Vapotherm Access”) during the second quarter of 2021. See Note 3 “Business Combination” to these condensed consolidated financial statements for details of this transaction.