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Long-term Debt - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
1 Months Ended 12 Months Ended 1 Months Ended
Oct. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Apr. 30, 2014
Jul. 31, 2014
Installment
Aug. 31, 2013
Installment
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]              
Loss on extinguishment of debt   $ (581,000)us-gaap_GainsLossesOnExtinguishmentOfDebt $ 0us-gaap_GainsLossesOnExtinguishmentOfDebt $ 0us-gaap_GainsLossesOnExtinguishmentOfDebt      
Percentage of redemption fee   4.00%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentRedemptionPricePercentage          
Principal and interest payment frequency   The Company is required to pay only interest for the first five years of the term. Principal payments are due in four equal installments during the sixth year of the term.          
Minimum liquidity covenant 2,000,000nstg_MinimumLiquidityCovenantAmount            
Annual revenue recognized 40,000,000us-gaap_RevenueRecognitionMilestoneMethodRevenueRecognized            
Increase in annual revenue in fiscal years 15,000,000nstg_IncreasedAnnualRevenues            
Annual revenue recognize description The term loan agreement also includes a $2.0 million minimum liquidity covenant and revenue-based financial covenants, which shall initially be $40.0 million for 2014 with annual increases of $15.0 million for each subsequent fiscal year thereafter.            
Amount financed under lease   506,000us-gaap_CapitalLeaseObligations 410,000us-gaap_CapitalLeaseObligations        
Term Loan Facility [Member]              
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]              
Credit facility, borrowing capacity         45,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityCurrentBorrowingCapacity
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Credit facility, borrowing capacity         51,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity
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Credit facility, Outstanding         20,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCredit
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End of term payment         1,000,000nstg_RepaymentOfTermLoan
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Amount of make-whole premium payment         300,000nstg_RepaymentOfTermLoanPremium
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= nstg_TermLoanFacilityMember
   
Total incurred and recorded repayment         1,400,000nstg_RepaymentsOfBorrowingsUnderCreditFacilities
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= nstg_TermLoanFacilityMember
   
Percentage of accrue interest 12.50%us-gaap_LongTermDebtPercentageBearingFixedInterestRate
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Percentage of deferred payment 3.50%nstg_DeferredPaymentObligationAccruedInterestRate
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= nstg_TermLoanFacilityMember
3.50%nstg_DeferredPaymentObligationAccruedInterestRate
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End of deferred payment term   First four years term          
Loss on extinguishment of debt         600,000us-gaap_GainsLossesOnExtinguishmentOfDebt
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= nstg_TermLoanFacilityMember
   
Credit facility, additional borrowing capacity 15,000,000nstg_LineCreditFacilityAdditionalBorrowingCapacity
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= nstg_TermLoanFacilityMember
  5,000,000nstg_LineCreditFacilityAdditionalBorrowingCapacity
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13,000,000nstg_LineCreditFacilityAdditionalBorrowingCapacity
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Term Loan Facility [Member] | October 2014 [Member]              
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]              
Credit facility, additional borrowing capacity 10,000,000nstg_LineCreditFacilityAdditionalBorrowingCapacity
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= nstg_TermLoanFacilityMember
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= nstg_OctoberTwoThousandAndFourteenMember
           
Series D Preferred Stock [Member]              
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]              
Number of shares issuable upon exercise of warrants       76,940us-gaap_ClassOfWarrantOrRightNumberOfSecuritiesCalledByWarrantsOrRights
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Exercise price of warrants       $ 8.45us-gaap_ClassOfWarrantOrRightExercisePriceOfWarrantsOrRights1
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Series E Preferred Stock [Member]              
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]              
Number of shares issuable upon exercise of warrants     10,418us-gaap_ClassOfWarrantOrRightNumberOfSecuritiesCalledByWarrantsOrRights
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20,837us-gaap_ClassOfWarrantOrRightNumberOfSecuritiesCalledByWarrantsOrRights
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Exercise price of warrants       $ 14.40us-gaap_ClassOfWarrantOrRightExercisePriceOfWarrantsOrRights1
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Series E Preferred Stock [Member] | Minimum [Member]              
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]              
Fair value of warrants, volatility rate assumed       57.00%us-gaap_FairValueAssumptionsExpectedVolatilityRate
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= us-gaap_SeriesEPreferredStockMember
     
Fair value of warrants, risk free rate assumed       1.63%us-gaap_FairValueAssumptionsRiskFreeInterestRate
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Series E Preferred Stock [Member] | Maximum [Member]              
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]              
Fair value of warrants, volatility rate assumed       61.00%us-gaap_FairValueAssumptionsExpectedVolatilityRate
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= us-gaap_MaximumMember
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Fair value of warrants, risk free rate assumed       2.20%us-gaap_FairValueAssumptionsRiskFreeInterestRate
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= us-gaap_MaximumMember
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Equipment [Member]              
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]              
Term of lease           3 years 3 years
Lease expiration date           2017-06 2016-07
Amount financed under lease           $ 260,000us-gaap_CapitalLeaseObligations
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$ 410,000us-gaap_CapitalLeaseObligations
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= us-gaap_EquipmentMember
Number of installments           36nstg_NumberOfInstallments
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= us-gaap_EquipmentMember
36nstg_NumberOfInstallments
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