The number of customers considered as concentration risks during the period.

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Represents the number of products considered as concentration risks during the period.

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Represents the number of suppliers considered as concentration risks during the period.

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For an entity that discloses a concentration risk in relation to quantitative amount, which serves as the "benchmark" (or denominator) in the equation, this concept represents the concentration percentage derived from the division.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Selected Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited) - Customer and Supplier Concentration - Supplier and Product Concentrations (Details)	3 Months Ended								6 Months Ended		9 Months Ended			12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2015 customer product item	Jun. 30, 2015 customer item	Mar. 31, 2015 Distributor product item	Sep. 30, 2014 customer product item	Jun. 30, 2014 customer item	Mar. 31, 2014 Distributor item	Sep. 30, 2013 customer	Mar. 31, 2013 item	Jun. 30, 2015 customer item	Jun. 30, 2014 customer product item	Sep. 30, 2015 customer product item	Sep. 30, 2014 customer product item	Sep. 30, 2013 customer product	Dec. 31, 2015 item	Dec. 31, 2014 item	Dec. 31, 2013 product item	Jun. 30, 2013 customer
Product Information [Line Items]
Number of Customers Considered as Concentration Risks	3	3	3	3	3	3	3		3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Number of Suppliers Considered as Concentration Risks	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	0		1	1	1
Number of Products Considered as Concentration Risks \| product	0		1	0						1	0	0	1			1
Customer Concentration Risk [Member]
Product Information [Line Items]
Number of Customers Considered as Concentration Risks						3										3
Concentration Risk, Percentage														77.80%
Product Concentration Risk [Member]
Product Information [Line Items]
Concentration Risk, Percentage						10.00%		11.00%
Number of Products Considered as Concentration Risks						1		1
Cost of Goods, Total [Member] \| Supplier Concentration Risk [Member]
Product Information [Line Items]
Concentration Risk, Percentage							14.00%
Sales Revenue, Net [Member] \| Customer Concentration Risk [Member]
Product Information [Line Items]
Concentration Risk, Percentage	66.00%			43.00%							69.00%	46.00%		70.00%	61.90%	40.90%
Sales Revenue, Net [Member] \| Product Concentration Risk [Member]
Product Information [Line Items]
Concentration Risk, Percentage					12.00%	10.00%	13.00%			12.00%			12.00%			12.00%