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Long-term Debt and Obligations - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
1 Months Ended 3 Months Ended 1 Months Ended 3 Months Ended
Oct. 31, 2014
Mar. 31, 2015
Apr. 30, 2014
Jun. 30, 2014
Dec. 31, 2014
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]          
Percentage of redemption fee   4.00%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentRedemptionPricePercentage      
Principal and interest payment frequency   The Company exercised its option to defer payment of the 3.5% accrued interest and 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.      
Annual revenue requirements $ 55,000,000us-gaap_RevenueRecognitionMilestoneMethodRevenueRecognized        
Increase in annual revenue in fiscal years 15,000,000nstg_IncreasedAnnualRevenues        
Annual revenue recognize description   The term loan agreement also includes liquidity and revenue-based financial covenants. The Company must satisfy certain minimum annual revenue requirements, specifically $55.0 million for 2015 with annual increases of $15.0 million for each fiscal year thereafter.      
Term Loan Facility [Member]          
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]          
Credit facility, borrowing capacity     45,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityCurrentBorrowingCapacity
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= nstg_TermLoanFacilityMember
   
Credit facility, borrowing capacity     51,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= nstg_TermLoanFacilityMember
   
Credit facility, Outstanding     20,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCredit
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= nstg_TermLoanFacilityMember
   
End of term payment     1,000,000nstg_RepaymentOfTermLoan
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= nstg_TermLoanFacilityMember
   
Amount of make-whole premium payment     300,000nstg_RepaymentOfTermLoanPremium
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= nstg_TermLoanFacilityMember
   
Total incurred and recorded repayment     1,400,000nstg_RepaymentsOfBorrowingsUnderCreditFacilities
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= nstg_TermLoanFacilityMember
   
Percentage of accrue interest 12.50%us-gaap_LongTermDebtPercentageBearingFixedInterestRate
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= nstg_TermLoanFacilityMember
       
Percentage of deferred payment 3.50%nstg_DeferredPaymentObligationAccruedInterestRate
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= nstg_TermLoanFacilityMember
      3.50%nstg_DeferredPaymentObligationAccruedInterestRate
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= nstg_TermLoanFacilityMember
End of deferred payment term   First four years term      
Loss on extinguishment of debt       600,000us-gaap_GainsLossesOnExtinguishmentOfDebt
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= nstg_TermLoanFacilityMember
 
Credit facility, additional borrowing capacity 15,000,000nstg_LineCreditFacilityAdditionalBorrowingCapacity
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= nstg_TermLoanFacilityMember
       
Term Loan Facility [Member] | October 2014 [Member]          
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]          
Credit facility, additional borrowing capacity $ 10,000,000nstg_LineCreditFacilityAdditionalBorrowingCapacity
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= nstg_TermLoanFacilityMember
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= nstg_OctoberTwoThousandAndFourteenMember