Credit Facility (Details) - USD ($)		1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Jan. 02, 2013	Aug. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2016
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]
Term agreement of senior secured credit facility	3 years
Amount of senior secured credit facility	$ 25,000,000
Percentage of eligible account receivable	80.00%
Percentage of domestically held raw material and finished goods inventory	35.00%
Percentage of advances against inventory	40.00%	45.00%
Amount of aggregate outstanding principal on the revolving line of credit	$ 10,000,000	$ 10,000,000
Option to borrow at an interest rate of LIBOR plus	2.75%
Option to borrow at an interest rate of Wall Street Journal prime rate plus	0.50%
Liquidity rate	$ 20,000,000
Borrowing interest rate options	2.25%
Percentage of unused revolving line facility fee	0.375%	0.50%
Adjusted quick ratio, description	The Company was required to maintain an adjusted quick ratio of 1.40 to 1.00.
Percentage of maintain operating and other deposit accounts	25.00%
Interest expense			$ 99,000
Interest expense charged on the unused portion of the facility			$ 92,000

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Line of credit facility basis spread on prime rate.

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Line of credit facility maximum borrowing capacity as percentage of accounts receivable.

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Line of credit facility maximum borrowing capacity as percentage of raw material and finished goods inventory.

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Maximum liquidity amount with lending institution.

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Percentage of cash securities and investments maintained for deposit accounts.

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Period of time between issuance and maturity of debt instrument, in PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Amount of the cost of borrowed funds accounted for as interest expense.

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Aggregate amount of interest expense on all borrowings.

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The fee, expressed as a percentage of the line of credit facility, for the line of credit facility regardless of whether the facility has been used.

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The effective interest rate during the reporting period.

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Maximum amount borrowed under the credit facility at any time during the period.

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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The fee, expressed as a percentage of the line of credit facility, for available but unused credit capacity under the credit facility.

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The percentage points (also referred to as 'margin') added to the reference rate as stated in the loan agreement and used to compute the variable rate on the loans receivable. For instance, the loan agreement might state that the interest rate the borrower is obligated to pay is the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) plus three quarters (3/4) of a percentage point adjusted quarterly (each three months). LIBOR in this example is the index or reference rate, 3/4 percentage point is the margin, the reference rate plus the margin is the fully indexed rate. This element would be used to report separately the margin.

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