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Concentration of Risks - Additional Information (Detail)
3 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Customer
Mar. 31, 2014
Customer
Dec. 31, 2014
Customer
Customer Concentration Risk [Member] | Total revenue [Member]      
Concentration Risk [Line Items]      
Number of customer that individually represented more than 10% of total revenue and accounts receivable 0nstg_NumberOfCustomersMeetingConcentrationRiskThreshold
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_SalesRevenueNetMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember
1nstg_NumberOfCustomersMeetingConcentrationRiskThreshold
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_SalesRevenueNetMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember
 
Customer Concentration Risk [Member] | Total revenue [Member] | Minimum [Member]      
Concentration Risk [Line Items]      
Concentration risk, percentage 10.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_SalesRevenueNetMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember
/ us-gaap_RangeAxis
= us-gaap_MinimumMember
10.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_SalesRevenueNetMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember
/ us-gaap_RangeAxis
= us-gaap_MinimumMember
 
Credit Concentration Risk [Member] | Total accounts receivable [Member]      
Concentration Risk [Line Items]      
Number of customer that individually represented more than 10% of total revenue and accounts receivable 1nstg_NumberOfCustomersMeetingConcentrationRiskThreshold
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_AccountsReceivableMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CreditConcentrationRiskMember
  1nstg_NumberOfCustomersMeetingConcentrationRiskThreshold
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_AccountsReceivableMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CreditConcentrationRiskMember
Credit Concentration Risk [Member] | Total accounts receivable [Member] | Minimum [Member]      
Concentration Risk [Line Items]      
Concentration risk, percentage 10.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_AccountsReceivableMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CreditConcentrationRiskMember
/ us-gaap_RangeAxis
= us-gaap_MinimumMember
  10.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_AccountsReceivableMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CreditConcentrationRiskMember
/ us-gaap_RangeAxis
= us-gaap_MinimumMember