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Commitments and Contingencies - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
1 Months Ended 12 Months Ended 1 Months Ended 0 Months Ended 1 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Option
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Feb. 29, 2016
Jan. 01, 2015
Feb. 28, 2015
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]              
Lease agreement term 10 years            
Operating lease commencement 2016-04            
Operating lease extension term 5 years            
Operating lease initial monthly base rent $ 88,356nstg_InitialMonthlyBaseRent            
Number of operating lease extension options 2nstg_OperatingLeasesNumberOfRenewalOptionsForExtendedTerm            
Percentage of increase in annual base rent 3.00%us-gaap_OperatingLeasesOfLesseeContingentRentalsBasisSpreadOnVariableRate 3.00%us-gaap_OperatingLeasesOfLesseeContingentRentalsBasisSpreadOnVariableRate          
Property management fee, percentage on base rent 3.00%us-gaap_PropertyManagementFeePercentFee            
Operating lease rent abatement period 3 months            
Operating lease agreement rent expense   1,400,000us-gaap_OperatingLeasesRentExpenseNet 1,200,000us-gaap_OperatingLeasesRentExpenseNet 856,000us-gaap_OperatingLeasesRentExpenseNet      
Purchase obligations 6,700,000us-gaap_PurchaseObligation 6,700,000us-gaap_PurchaseObligation          
One-Year Lease Agreement [Member]              
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]              
Lease agreement term 1 year            
Operating lease commencement 2015-03            
Operating lease initial monthly base rent 52,537nstg_InitialMonthlyBaseRent
/ us-gaap_LeaseArrangementTypeAxis
= us-gaap_LeaseAgreementsMember
           
Property management fee, percentage on base rent 3.00%us-gaap_PropertyManagementFeePercentFee
/ us-gaap_LeaseArrangementTypeAxis
= us-gaap_LeaseAgreementsMember
           
Lease Amendment [Member]              
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]              
Operating lease extension term 3 years            
Number of operating lease extension options 1nstg_OperatingLeasesNumberOfRenewalOptionsForExtendedTerm
/ us-gaap_LeaseArrangementTypeAxis
= nstg_LeaseAmendmentMember
           
Percentage of increase in annual base rent 2.00%us-gaap_OperatingLeasesOfLesseeContingentRentalsBasisSpreadOnVariableRate
/ us-gaap_LeaseArrangementTypeAxis
= nstg_LeaseAmendmentMember
2.00%us-gaap_OperatingLeasesOfLesseeContingentRentalsBasisSpreadOnVariableRate
/ us-gaap_LeaseArrangementTypeAxis
= nstg_LeaseAmendmentMember
         
Lease amendment effective date 2014-11            
Operating lease agreement expiration extended date 2025-01            
Lease Amendment [Member] | Scenario, Forecast [Member]              
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]              
Operating lease initial monthly base rent         63,473nstg_InitialMonthlyBaseRent
/ us-gaap_LeaseArrangementTypeAxis
= nstg_LeaseAmendmentMember
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= us-gaap_ScenarioForecastMember
   
Subsequent Event [Member]              
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]              
Operating lease initial monthly base rent           150,361nstg_InitialMonthlyBaseRent
/ us-gaap_SubsequentEventTypeAxis
= us-gaap_SubsequentEventMember
 
Subsequent Event [Member] | Lease Amendment [Member]              
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]              
Operating lease initial monthly base rent             $ 38,205nstg_InitialMonthlyBaseRent
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= nstg_LeaseAmendmentMember
/ us-gaap_SubsequentEventTypeAxis
= us-gaap_SubsequentEventMember