10-Q

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

☒ QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

for the quarterly period ended April 30, 2017.

OR

☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 for the transition period from ___________________ to ____________________.

Commission File Number 001-13543

MGC DIAGNOSTICS CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Minnesota	41-1579150
(State or other jurisdiction of	(IRS Employer
incorporation or organization)	Identification No.)

350 Oak Grove Parkway, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55127-8599

(Address of principal executive offices)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (651) 484-4874

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

Yes ☒          No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).

Yes ☒          No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “accelerated filer,” “large accelerated filer,”  “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act:

Large Accelerated Filer            ☐	Accelerated Filer                        ☐	Non-Accelerated Filer     ☐
Smaller Reporting Company  ☒	Emerging Growth Company    ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act: ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act): Yes ☐ No ☒

As of June 6, 2017, the Company had outstanding 4,440,134 shares of Common Stock, $0.10 par value.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION	3
Item 1. Financial Statements.	3
Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation.	15
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.	21
Item 4. Controls and Procedures.	22
PART II – OTHER INFORMATION	24
Item 1. Legal Proceedings.	24
Item 1A. Risk Factors.	24
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.	24
Item 3. Default Upon Senior Securities.	24
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosure.	24
Item 5. Other Information.	24
Item 6. Exhibits.	25
SIGNATURES	26

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PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements.

MGC DIAGNOSTICS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

Consolidated Balance Sheets

April 30, 2017 and October 31, 2016

(In thousands, except share and per share data)

	April 30,			October 31,
	2017			2016
	(Unaudited)
Assets
Current Assets:
Cash	$	4,957		$	7,265
Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $174 and $92, respectively		6,352			8,286
Inventories, net of obsolescence reserve of $1,293 and $1,281, respectively		5,034			4,916
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		537			586
Total current assets		16,880			21,053
Property and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of $4,995 and $4,754, respectively		2,572			2,632
Intangible assets, net		4,406			4,211
Deferred income taxes		2,474			2,643
Other non-current assets		54			139
Total Assets	$	26,386		$	30,678
Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity
Current Liabilities:
Accounts payable	$	1,993		$	2,876
Employee compensation		1,290			1,550
Deferred income		3,968			4,007
Other current liabilities and accrued expenses		911			948
Total current liabilities		8,162			9,381
Long-term liabilities:
Long-term deferred income and other		4,183			4,374
Total Liabilities		12,345			13,755
Commitments and Contingencies
Shareholders’ Equity:
Common stock, $0.10 par value, authorized 25,000,000 shares, 4,434,821 and 4,378,811 shares issued and 4,399,442 and 4,337,314 shares outstanding in 2017 and 2016, respectively		440			434
Undesignated shares, authorized 5,000,000 shares, No shares issued and outstanding		—			—
Additional paid-in capital		22,224			24,859
Accumulated deficit		(8,395	)		(8,129	)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss		(228	)		(241	)
Total Shareholders’ Equity		14,041			16,923
Total Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity	$	26,386		$	30,678

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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MGC DIAGNOSTICS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive (Loss) Income

(Unaudited in thousands, except per share data)

	Three Months ended						Six Months ended
	April 30,						April 30,
	2017			2016			2017			2016
Revenues
Equipment, supplies and accessories revenues	$	7,981		$	7,547		$	14,873		$	14,948
Service revenues		1,838			1,884			3,686			3,734
		9,819			9,431			18,559			18,682
Cost of revenues
Cost of equipment, supplies and accessories revenues		4,232			3,672			7,957			7,472
Cost of service revenues		623			645			1,209			1,219
		4,855			4,317			9,166			8,691
Gross margin		4,964			5,114			9,393			9,991
Operating expenses:
Selling and marketing		2,443			2,534			4,773			5,035
General and administrative		1,712			2,039			3,242			3,451
Research and development		733			678			1,323			1,351
Amortization of intangibles		37			60			79			118
		4,925			5,311			9,417			9,955
Operating income (loss)		39			(197	)		(24	)		36
Interest expense, net		2			49			2			115
Foreign currency (gain) loss		(124	)		(416	)		52			(307	)
Income (loss) before taxes		161			170			(78	)		228
Provision for taxes		187			125			188			187
Net (loss) income		(26	)		45			(266	)		41
Other comprehensive (loss) income, net of tax
Effect of foreign currency translation adjustments		(74	)		(6	)		13			(9	)
Comprehensive (loss) income	$	(100	)	$	39		$	(253	)	$	32
Net (loss) income per share:
Basic	$	(0.01	)	$	0.01		$	(0.06	)	$	0.01
Diluted	$	(0.01	)	$	0.01		$	(0.06	)	$	0.01
Weighted average common shares outstanding:
Basic		4,381			4,306			4,361			4,293
Diluted		4,381			4,319			4,361			4,310
Dividends declared per share	$	—		$	—		$	0.70		$	—

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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MGC DIAGNOSTICS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(Unaudited in thousands, except per share data)

	Six Months ended April 30,
	2017			2016
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net (loss) income	$	(266	)	$	41
Adjustments to reconcile net (loss) income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation		242			212
Amortization		145			162
Stock-based compensation		307			348
Deferred income taxes		166			182
Loss (gain) on foreign currency		40			(306	)
Increase (decrease) in allowance for doubtful accounts		82			(16	)
Decrease in inventory obsolescence reserve		(18	)		(67	)
Loss on disposal of equipment		—			2
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable		1,845			898
Inventories		(33	)		(360	)
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		65			520
Accounts payable		(874	)		(96	)
Employee compensation		(258	)		(398	)
Deferred income		(209	)		372
Other current liabilities and accrued expenses		(66	)		316
Net cash provided by operating activities		1,168			1,810
Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchases of property and equipment and intangible assets		(540	)		(454	)
Net cash used in investing activities		(540	)		(454	)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Payment of long-term borrowing		—			(333	)
Dividends paid		(3,080	)		—
Proceeds from issuance of common stock under employee stock purchase plan		30			50
Proceeds from the exercise of stock options		126			—
Repurchase of common stock upon vesting of restricted stock awards		(5	)		(12	)
Net cash used in financing activities		(2,929	)		(295	)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash		(7	)		(7	)
Net (decrease) increase in cash		(2,308	)		1,054
Cash at beginning of period		7,265			6,553
Cash at end of period	$	4,957		$	7,607
Cash paid for taxes	$	129		$	132
Cash paid for interest		2			72
Supplemental non-cash items:
Current and non-current liabilities issued for leasehold improvements	$	—		$	51
Common stock issued for long-term liability		—			3
Accrued dividends		7			—

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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MGC Diagnostics Corporation and SubsidiarIES

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

(Unaudited)

(1)          Basis of Presentation and Description of Business

MGC Diagnostics Corporation (the “Company”), through its Medical Graphics Corporation and Medisoft SA subsidiaries, designs and markets non-invasive cardiorespiratory diagnostic systems that are sold under the MGC Diagnostics and Medisoft brand and trade names. These cardiorespiratory diagnostic systems have a wide range of applications within cardiorespiratory healthcare.

The consolidated balance sheet as of April 30, 2017, the consolidated statements of comprehensive(loss) income for the three- and six-month periods ended April 30, 2017 and 2016, the consolidated statements of cash flows for the six-month periods ended April 30, 2017 and 2016 and the related information presented in these notes have been prepared by management in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Rule 10-01 of Regulation S-X, without audit. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and notes required by U.S. generally accepted accounting principles for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments considered necessary for a fair presentation of results have been included. The consolidated balance sheet at October 31, 2016 was derived from the audited consolidated financial statements as of that date. Operating results for the three- and six-month periods ended April 30, 2017 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending October 31, 2017. For further information, refer to the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in MGC Diagnostics Corporation’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended October 31, 2016.

Preparation of the consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities made in the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Estimates include accounts receivable reserves, product warranty and inventory reserves, realizability of deferred tax assets and depreciable lives of property, equipment and intangible assets (including internal software development costs).

(2)          Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Revenue Recognition

The Company recognizes revenue when persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, transfer of title has occurred or services have been rendered, the selling price is fixed or determinable and collectability is reasonably ensured. The Company’s products are sold for cash or on unsecured credit terms requiring payment based on the shipment date. Credit terms can vary between customers due to many factors, but are generally, on average, 30 to 60 days. Revenue, net of discounts, is generally recognized upon shipment or delivery to customers in accordance with written sales terms. Standard sales terms do not include customer acceptance conditions, future credits, rebates, price protection or general rights of return. Although the terms of sales to both domestic customers and international distributors are identical, adherence to these terms is more pervasive with domestic customers than with international distributors. In instances when a customer order specifies final acceptance of the system, revenue recognition is deferred until all customer acceptance criteria have been met. Estimated warranty obligations are recorded upon shipment. In certain situations customer requested short-term bill-and-hold sale arrangements are accommodated and accounted for in accordance with authoritative literature. Sales and use taxes are reported on a net basis, excluding them from revenues and cost of revenues.

Service contract revenue is based on a stated contractual rate and is deferred and recognized ratably over the service period, which is typically from 1 to 5 years beginning after the expiration of the standard warranty. Deferred income associated with service contracts was $7,346,000 and $7,551,000 as of April 30, 2017 and October 31, 2016, respectively. Revenue from installation and training services provided to customers is deferred until the service has been performed or no further obligations to perform the service exist. The amount of deferred installation and training revenue was $452,000 and $533,000 as of April 30, 2017 and October 31, 2016, respectively.

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When a sale involves multiple deliverables, such as equipment, installation services and training, the amount of the sale consideration is allocated to each respective element based on the relative selling price and revenue is recognized when revenue recognition criteria for each element are met. Consideration allocated to delivered equipment is equal to the total arrangement consideration less the selling price of installation and training. The selling price of installation and training services is based on specific objective evidence, including third-party invoices.

No customer accounted for more than 10% of revenue in either of the three- or six-month periods ended April 30, 2017 or 2016.

Advance Payments from Customers

The Company typically does not receive advance payments from its customers in connection with the sale of its products. The Company occasionally enters into an arrangement under which a customer agrees to purchase a large quantity of product to be delivered over a period of time. Depending on the size of these arrangements, the Company may negotiate an advance payment from these customers. Advance payments from customers were $227,000 and $151,000 as of April 30, 2017 and October 31, 2016, respectively. Revenue recognition for customer orders that include advance payments is consistent with the Company’s revenue recognition policy described above.

Internal Software Development Costs

Internal software development costs consist primarily of internal salaries and consulting fees for developing software platforms for sale to or use by customers within equipment the Company sells. We capitalize costs related to the development of our software products because the Company will use these software products as an integral part of a product or process sold or leased. This software is primarily related to both our current Breeze Suite and our new next generation software platforms, including underlying support products. Capitalized software may also include other less significant projects supporting software for separate sale or for internal use.

We begin to capitalize costs related to software developed for new products and significant enhancements of existing products once we reach technological feasibility and we have completed all research and development for the components of the product. We amortize these costs on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful life of the related product, generally five years, but not more than ten years, commencing with the date the product becomes available for general release to our customers. We amortize costs for internal use software over the expected use periods of the software (See Note 5). The achievement of technological feasibility and the estimate of a product’s economic life require management’s judgment. Any changes in key assumptions, market conditions or other circumstances could result in an impairment of the capitalized software asset and a charge to our operating results. 

Income Taxes

The Company uses the asset and liability method of accounting for income taxes in accordance with FASB ASC 740, Income Taxes. The Company recognizes deferred tax assets or liabilities for the expected future tax consequences of temporary differences between the book and tax basis of assets and liabilities. Each quarter, the Company assesses the likelihood that its deferred tax assets will be recovered from future taxable income. The analysis to determine the amount of the valuation allowance is highly judgmental and requires weighing positive and negative evidence including historical and projected future taxable income and ongoing tax planning strategies. See Note 9 to the consolidated financial statements, “Income Taxes,” for further discussion.

Reclassification

Certain prior year Medisoft service revenues and costs of service revenues amounts have been reclassified to conform with current year classifications. There was no impact, as a result of these reclassifications, on the consolidated balance sheet, the consolidated comprehensive (loss) income or the consolidated statement of cash flows as previously reported.

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New Accounting Pronouncements

Revenue from Contracts with Customers. In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued guidance creating Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Section 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers. The new section will replace Section 605, Revenue Recognition, and creates modifications to various other revenue accounting standards for specialized transactions and industries. The section is intended to conform revenue accounting principles to a concurrently issued International Financial Reporting Standards to reconcile previously differing treatment between United States practices and those of the rest of the world and enhance disclosures related to disaggregated revenue information. In August 2015, the FASB deferred the effective date of the new guidance by one year, with the updated guidance now effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017, and interim periods within those fiscal years. The FASB has also issued ASU 2016-10 and ASU 2016-12, which are also related to ASC 606. The Company will adopt the new provisions of this accounting standard at the beginning of fiscal year 2019. The Company is currently evaluating the effect that this guidance will have on its consolidated financial statements.

In July 2015, FASB issued ASU 2015-11, Inventory (Topic 330) Related to Simplifying the Measurement of Inventory, which will apply to all inventory, except inventory that is measured using either last-in, first-out (LIFO) or the retail inventory method. Inventory measured using either first-in, first-out (FIFO) or average cost is covered by the new amendments. Inventory within the scope of the new guidance should be measured at the lower of cost and net realizable value. Net realizable value is the estimated selling prices in the ordinary course of business, less reasonably predictable costs of completion, disposal, and transportation. Subsequent measurement is unchanged for inventory measured using LIFO or the retail inventory method. The amendments will take effect for public business entities for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2016, including interim periods within those fiscal years. The new guidance should be applied prospectively, and earlier application is permitted as of the beginning of an interim or annual reporting period. The Company is currently evaluating the effect that this guidance will have on its consolidated financial statements.

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, Leases, to increase transparency and comparability among organizations by recognizing all lease transactions with an initial term longer than twelve months on the balance sheet as a lease liability and a right-of-use asset (as defined). ASU 2016-02 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within those fiscal years, with earlier application permitted, and requires a modified retrospective transition method upon adoption. The Company is currently evaluating the effect that ASU 2016-02 will have on its consolidated financial statements.

(3)           Shareholders' Equity

The MGC Diagnostics Corporation 2007 Stock Incentive Plan (the “2007 Plan”) provides that incentive stock options and nonqualified stock options to purchase shares of common stock may be granted at prices determined by the Human Capital Committee of the Company's Board of Directors, except that the purchase price of incentive stock options may not be less than the fair market value of the stock at the date of grant. Options under the 2007 Plan are subject to vesting schedules established on the date of grant. In addition, the 2007 Plan allows the granting of restricted stock awards, stock appreciation rights and performance stock. 

Total stock-based compensation expense included in the Company’s statements of comprehensive income was $133,000 and $204,000 for the three-month periods ended April 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively, and was $307,000 and $348,000 for the six-month periods ended April 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

Stock Options 

A summary of the Company’s stock option activity for the six months ended April 30, 2017 and 2016 is presented in the following table:

	For the Six Months ended
	April 30, 2017					April 30, 2016
				Weighted					Weighted
				Average					Average
				Exercise					Exercise
	Shares			Price		Shares			Price
Outstanding at beginning of period		371,733		$	6.64		177,900		$	6.48
Granted		34,000			8.20		68,638			6.55
Exercised		(20,999	)		6.02		—			—
Expired or cancelled		(75,000	)		6.66		(13,305	)		6.62
Outstanding at end of period		309,734		$	6.85		233,233		$	6.49

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The following table summarizes information concerning stock options outstanding as of April 30, 2017:

		Weighted
		Average
		Remaining	Number
	Number	Contractual	Subject to
Exercise Prices	Outstanding	Life	Exercise
$5.65	10,000	5.95	3,334
6.07	116,667	5.08	50,001
6.63	10,001	5.61	2,664
6.76	4,900	5.54	4,900
6.77	33,333	1.76	33,333
7.05	80,000	6.36	—
7.52	20,000	6.63	—
8.40	4,000	6.93	—
9.12	20,833	4.09	14,999
9.48	10,000	6.76	10,000
Total	309,734	5.22	119,231

The total intrinsic values for outstanding options and exercisable options as of April 30, 2017 were $539,000 and $204,000, respectively, calculated using the closing stock price at the end of the second quarter less the option price of in-the-money options. The Company issues new shares when stock options are exercised. Unrecognized compensation expense related to outstanding stock options as of April 30, 2017 was $438,000 and is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 1.66 years.

Valuation Assumptions

The Company uses the Black-Scholes option-pricing model (“Black-Scholes model”) to determine the fair value of stock options as of the grant date. In determining the fair value of stock options under the Black-Scholes model, management must make assumptions regarding projected employee stock option exercise behaviors, risk-free interest rates, volatility of the Company’s stock price and expected dividends. The expense recognized for options granted under the 2007 Plan is equal to the fair value of stock options as of the grant date. The following table provides the weighted average fair value of options granted to employees and the related assumptions used in the Black-Scholes model for stock option grants made during the six months ended April 30, 2017:

	Options Granted			Options Granted			Options Granted
	April 3, 2017			February 2, 2017			December 15, 2016
Weighted average fair value of options granted	$	3.91		$	4.37		$	3.48
Assumptions used:
Expected life (years)		7.00			7.00			7.00
Risk-free interest rate		1.90	%		1.92	%		1.90	%
Volatility		42.65	%		42.06	%		42.45	%
Dividend Yield		—	%		—	%		—	%

Restricted Stock Awards

Restricted stock awards are awards of common stock that are subject to restrictions on transfer and to a risk of forfeiture if the holder leaves the Company before the restrictions lapse. The holder of a restricted stock award is generally entitled at all times on and after the date of issuance of the restricted shares to exercise the rights of a shareholder of the Company, including the right to vote the shares. The value of stock awards that vest over time is established by the market price on the date of its grant. A summary of the Company’s restricted stock activity for the six months ended April 30, 2017 and 2016 is presented in the following table:

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	For the Six Months ended
	April 30, 2017					April 30, 2016
				Weighted					Weighted
				Average					Average
				Grant Date					Grant Date
	Shares			Fair Value		Shares			Fair Value
Unvested at beginning of period		41,497		$	6.59		49,993		$	7.61
Granted		27,546			8.74		31,998			6.00
Vested		(33,664	)		6.15		(31,594	)		6.98
Unvested at end of period		35,379		$	8.68		50,397		$	7.27

Unrecognized compensation expense related to outstanding restricted stock awards to employees and directors as of April 30, 2017 was $231,000 and is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 1.30 years.

Director Stock Awards in Lieu of Cash Retainer Fees

The Company has a program that allows non-employee Board members to elect and receive shares from the 2007 Plan in lieu of some or all of their quarterly cash retainer fees. During the three months ended April 30, 2017 and 2016, the Company issued 1,282 and 1,639 shares, respectively, and during the six months ended April 30, 2017 and 2016, the Company issued 2,771 and 3,342 shares, respectively, under this program. The expense was recognized at the time of share issuance and totaled $11,000 in each of the three-month periods ended April 30, 2017 and 2016, and $22,000 in each of the six-month periods ended April 30, 2017 and 2016.

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

The MGC Diagnostics Corporation 2003 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended (“Purchase Plan”), allows participating employees to purchase up to 200,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at a discount through payroll deductions. The Purchase Plan is available to all employees subject to eligibility requirements. Under the Purchase Plan, participating employees may purchase the Company’s common stock on a voluntary after-tax basis at a price that is the lower of 85% of the fair market value of one share of common stock at the beginning or end of each stock purchase phase. The Purchase Plan is carried out in six-month phases, with phases beginning on January 1 and July 1 of each calendar year. For the phase that ended on December 31, 2016, employees purchased 5,343 shares at a price of $5.54 per share. As of April 30, 2017, the Company has withheld approximately $21,000 from employees participating in the phase that began on January 1, 2017. As of April 30, 2017, 44,010 shares of common stock were available for future purchase under the Purchase Plan.

The following table presents the classification of pre-tax stock-based compensation expense recognized in the consolidated statements of comprehensive (loss) income for the three months and six months ended April 30, 2017 and 2016:

	Three Months ended April 30,				Six Months ended April 30,
(In thousands)	2017		2016		2017		2016
Cost of revenues	$	18	$	1	$	19	$	2
Selling and marketing		55		29		93		58
General and administrative		53		173		186		285
Research and development		7		1		9		3
Stock-based compensation expense	$	133	$	204	$	307	$	348

Tax Impact of Stock-Based Compensation

The Company reports the benefit of tax deductions in excess of recognized stock-based compensation expense on the consolidated statements of cash flows as operating cash flows. For the six months ended April 30, 2017 and 2016, there were No excess tax benefits recognized.

Dividend

On January 25, 2017, the Company declared a special cash dividend of $0.70 per share on its outstanding common stock to all shareholders of record as of February 10, 2017. The dividend was paid on February 24, 2017.

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(4)          Inventories

Inventories consisted of the following as of April 30, 2017 and October 31, 2016:

(In thousands)	2017		2016
Current Assets:
Raw materials	$	2,142	$	2,072
Work-in-process		965		827
Finished goods		1,927		2,017
		5,034		4,916
Non-current Assets:
Finished goods		46		115
	$	5,080	$	5,031

(5)          Intangible Assets

Intangible assets consisted of the following as of April 30, 2017 and October 31, 2016:

(In thousands)	2017			2016
Intangible assets:
Developed technology	$	7,802		$	7,802
Customer and distributor relationships		371			373
Trademarks and trade names		252			254
Software		891			849
Capitalized software in progress		3,140			2,841
		12,456			12,119
Less: accumulated amortization		(8,050	)		(7,908	)
	$	4,406		$	4,211

The Company amortizes the intangible assets related to developed technology, patents and trademarks using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets, which range from 5 to 10 years. Total amortization expense was $35,000 and $92,000 for the three months ended April 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively and $76,000 and $162,000 for the six months ended April 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively. Of the total, amortization expenses of $32,000 and $25,000 related to software costs are included in the cost of equipment, supplies and accessories revenues for the three-month periods ended April 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively, and $66,000 and $37,000 for the six-month periods ended April 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively. The Company estimates it will incur the following amortization expense in the balance of fiscal 2017 and in future fiscal years based on the intangible assets the Company expects to have placed in service at the end of fiscal 2017:  

(In thousands)	Amortization
Six months ending October 31, 2017	$	226
2018		575
2019		533
2020		510
2021		445
2022		374
Thereafter		1,411
	$	4,074

This table does not include estimated amortization expense of $86,000 for patents included in “Developed technology,” or of $246,000 for capitalized software costs the Company expects to place into service after the current fiscal year. The Company capitalized software development costs of $181,000 and $196,000 during the three-month periods ended April 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively, and $341,000 and $366,000 during the six-month periods ended April 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively. Upon completion of these development projects, the Company expects to amortize the capitalized software costs over a ten year period.

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(6)          Warranty Reserve

Sales of the Company’s equipment are subject to a warranty obligation. Equipment warranties typically extend for a period of twelve months from the date of installation. Standard warranty terms are included in customer contracts. Under the terms of these warranties, the Company is obligated to repair or replace any components or assemblies that it deems defective in workmanship or materials. The Company reserves the right to reject warranty claims if it determines that failure is due to normal wear, customer modifications, improper maintenance or misuse. The Company maintains a warranty reserve that reflects the estimated expenses it will incur to honor the warranties on its products. The Company adjusts the warranty reserve based on the number and type of equipment subject to warranty and the remaining months of warranty coverage. The warranty reserve adjustment reflects the Company’s historical warranty experience based on the type of equipment. 

Warranty provisions and claims for the six months ended April 30, 2017 and 2016 were as follows:

(In thousands)	2017			2016
Balance, beginning of period	$	151		$	147
Warranty provision based on units sold		104			137
Periodic reserve adjustments		5			(50	)
Warranty claims		(138	)		(123	)
Balance, end of period	$	122		$	111

(7)          Financing Arrangements

On July 24, 2014, the Company entered into a credit agreement with BMO Harris Bank NA. The Agreement, as amended, included a $4.0 million term loan and a $250,000 revolving credit facility. The term loan, which bore interest at a floating rate, was payable in equal monthly principal installments of $66,667 over a five year period commencing August 31, 2014 and was evidenced by a term note. The Company borrowed the $4.0 million under the term loan on July 24, 2014 and used these proceeds in connection with its August 1, 2014 acquisition of Medisoft SA. On June 14, 2016, the Company paid off the remaining balance of the term loan and terminated the revolving credit facility.

(8)          Net Income (Loss) per Share

 Basic income (loss) per share is computed by dividing net income (loss) by the weighted average shares outstanding during the reporting period. Diluted income per share is computed similarly to basic income (loss) per share except that the weighted average shares outstanding are increased to include additional shares issuable from the assumed exercise of warrants and stock options, if dilutive, as well as the dilutive effects of any unvested restricted share awards. Diluted loss per share does not include any of these dilutive effects in its calculation. The number of additional shares is calculated by assuming that outstanding warrants and stock options are exercised, outstanding restricted share grants vest and that the cash proceeds from the exercise together with the assumed employment value represented by the unamortized stock-based compensation were used to reacquire shares of common stock at the average market price during the reporting period.

 The Company had unexpired options and warrants for the purchase of its common stock and unvested restricted awards as of April 30, 2017 and 2016 of 513,455 and 451,972 shares, respectively.

Shares used in the net income (loss) per share computations are as follows: 

	Three Months ended April 30,				Six Months ended April 30,
(In thousands)	2017		2016		2017		2016
Weighted average common shares outstanding - basic		4,381		4,306		4,361		4,293
Dilutive effect of stock options, warrants and unvested restricted shares		—		13		—		17
Weighted average common shares outstanding - diluted		4,381		4,319		4,361		4,310

Anti-dilutive shares excluded from the calculation for each of the three- and six-month periods ended April 30, 2016 totaled 432,576 and 432,576, respectively. As a result of the net loss for the three- and six-month periods ended April 30, 2017, all outstanding warrants, stock options and unvested restricted stock shares were considered anti-dilutive and, therefore, were excluded from diluted loss per share for each period.

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(9)         Income Taxes

The Company has recorded a provision for income taxes of $187,000 and $125,000 for the three months ended April 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively and $188,000 and $187,000 for the six months ended April 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively. The Company records its interim provision for income taxes based on its estimated worldwide annual effective rate for the year,  excluding MGC Diagnostics Belgium S.P.R.L. net losses of $140,000 and $234,000 for the three- and six-month periods ended April 30, 2017 and $104,000 and $192,000) for the three- and six-month periods ended April 30, 2016, respectively, for which no tax benefit can be recognized due to expected future losses and the resulting valuation allowance related to these losses. As such, the $188,000 fiscal 2017 year to date tax expense compared to the world wide consolidated pre-tax income of $157,000 (which excludes the Medisot Belgium S.P.R.L. loss) results in an effective rate of approximately 119.8%.

For the six months ended April 30, 2017, the Company recorded a domestic income tax expense of $135,000 based on an estimated U.S. annual effective tax rate of 45.2%.  The differences from the federal statutory rate result from the effects of anticipated federal alternative minimum tax (AMT) whose credit cannot be offset due to the partial valuation allowance, state taxes expected to be paid and permanent differences whose effects are to increase the effective rate, including non-deductible meals and entertainment expenses, stock-based compensation expenses related to incentive stock options and restricted stock awards and expense related to reserves for uncertain tax positions. For the six months ended April 30, 2017, the foreign tax expense of $53,000 is primarily from the increase in the valuation allowance against the deferred tax assets for Medisoft Belgium.

As of April 30, 2017, the Company had a reserve for uncertain tax positions of $95,000 compared to the October 31, 2016 balance of $92,000. If recognized, approximately $61,000 of these benefits would lower the effective tax rate. The remaining $34,000, if recognized, would result in a deferred tax asset subject to a valuation allowance and therefore would not affect the effective rate.

Estimated interest and penalties related to potential underpayment of income taxes are classified as a component of tax expense in the consolidated statements of comprehensive (loss) income. The Company does not expect the amount of reserves for uncertain tax positions to change significantly in the next twelve months. Similarly, the Company does not anticipate that the total reserve for uncertain tax positions will significantly change due to the settlement of audits and the expiration of statutes of limitations within the next twelve months.

The Company files a consolidated federal income tax return in the United States federal jurisdiction and files various combined and separate tax returns in several state and local jurisdictions. For United States federal tax, the Company is no longer subject to examinations by the authorities for fiscal years ending prior to November 1, 1998. The expiration dates of the statute of limitations related to the various state income tax returns vary by state. There is no statute of limitations for assessments related to jurisdictions where the Company may have a nexus but has chosen not to file an income tax return.

The Company has federal net operating loss (“NOL”) and general business tax credit carry forwards; however, the utilization of some of these tax loss and tax credit carry forwards is limited under Internal Revenue Code (“IRC”) §382 and §383, respectively, as a result of an IRS-deemed change in ownership that occurred in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2006. The Company’s estimated domestic NOL carry forwards of $6.5 million that are not limited as of October 31, 2016 include $2.8 million of income tax deductions in excess of previously recorded tax benefits. The tax benefit of these excess deductions was added to deferred tax assets as of October 31, 2016 as a result of the adoption of ASU 2016-09 retroactively to November 1, 2015; however the additional benefit was offset by an equivalent increase to the valuation allowance for domestic net deferred tax assets. These loss carry forwards will expire in years 2018 through 2032. Additionally, the Company has general business credit carry forwards of $461,000 that will expire in 2033. Use of this general business credit carry forward is not limited because it was generated after the change in ownership. The Company also has $266,000 of alternative minimum tax credit carry forwards that do not have expiration dates. The alternative minimum tax credit carry forwards are limited by IRC §383, but their ultimate use is not affected since these do not expire. In addition, as of October 31, 2016, the Company has foreign NOL carry forwards of approximately $4.8 million. Foreign NOL expiration varies by country; however, a substantial portion of the foreign NOLs are in Belgium, and do not expire. As of October 31, 2016, the Company had a remaining valuation allowances for domestic and international entities of approximately $1,951,000 and $772,000, respectively.

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(10)       Segment Reporting

The Company operates in a single industry segment, the manufacture and sale of cardiorespiratory diagnostic products. The Company sells its products into many countries throughout the world. Net sales and long-lived assets by geographic area are shown in the following tables.

	Three Months ended April 30,				Six Months ended April 30,
(In thousands)	2017		2016		2017		2016
Revenues from unaffiliated customers:
United States	$	7,134	$	7,119	$	13,415	$	14,119
Americas		490		222		936		403
Europe, Middle East, Africa		1,785		1,574		3,342		3,146
Asia Pacific		410		516		866		1,014
	$	9,819	$	9,431	$	18,559	$	18,682

	April 30, 2017		October 31, 2016
Long-lived assets:
United States	$	6,918	$	6,829
Europe		2,588		2,796
	$	9,506	$	9,625

(11)       Litigation

The Company is also subject to certain claims and lawsuits that have been filed in the ordinary course of business. From time to time, the Company initiates lawsuits against others to enforce patents or to seek collection of debts in the ordinary course of business. The Company is not subject to any significant litigation, except as set forth below.

MGC Diagnostics Corporation v. Mr. Guy Martinot and Dr. Jean-Benoît Martinot

In November 2015, the Company commenced litigation in the French-speaking courts of Brussels, Belgium against the selling shareholders of Medisoft for violations of representations and warranties in the stock purchase agreement dated as of July 10, 2014 under which the Company purchased Medisoft. The Company alleged that these violations resulted in Company damages of approximately €985,400 ($1,084,000). In May 2015, the Company received payment of €406,700 ($447,000) with respect to these alleged violations pursuant to a bank guaranteed contractual escrow fund and has reflected that payment on its books and records. On May 30, 2016, the defendant selling shareholders filed an answer and asserted a counterclaim against the Company seeking to recover the €406,700 that was paid to the Company in May 2015 and legal costs. The Company continues to believe the Medisoft selling shareholders are liable to it for violations of representations and warranties in the stock purchase agreement and intends to continue to pursue this matter. The Company has not accrued any losses related to the litigation or accrued any related legal costs it has not yet incurred. The Company currently expects that this litigation process may continue until the fall of 2018.

Neurovirtual USA, Inc. v. MGC Diagnostics Corporation

The Company was also involved in litigation with Neurovirtual USA that it settled in June 2016.  In that settlement the Company made a one-time cash payment of $650,000 to Neurovirtual and each party agreed to dismiss with prejudice the lawsuit and all claims against the other party. As part of the settlement, the Company has retained Neurovirtual sleep diagnostics inventory that it purchased and Neurovirtual agreed to support this inventory pursuant to the distribution agreement. The Company has no continuing obligation to purchase additional Neurovirtual diagnostics products. 

The Company recorded a loss of $650,000, which was included in general and administrative expense for the quarter ended April 30, 2016. For the quarter ended October 31, 2016, the Company recorded an impairment loss of $354,000 with respect to a portion of its sleep diagnostic inventory, which resulted from its ongoing analysis of projected unit sales in future periods. The Company continues to carry inventory and other noncurrent assets valued at $68,000 and $46,000, respectively, as of April 30, 2017. 

(12)       Subsequent Event 

              In May 2016, the Company entered into the Fifth Addendum to its lease for its Saint Paul manufacturing and office facility, extending its lease commitment by one year to December 31, 2018.  Monthly rental payments total to an annual commitment of $338,000 in the extension period.  The agreement includes a Company right to extend the lease through December 31, 2019.

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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation.

Overview

The Company, through its Medical Graphics Corporation and Medisoft SA subsidiaries, designs and markets non-invasive cardiorespiratory diagnostic systems that are sold under the MGC Diagnostics and Medisoft brand and trade names. These cardiorespiratory diagnostic systems have a wide range of applications within cardiorespiratory healthcare. Revenues consist of equipment, supplies and accessories sales as well as service revenues. Equipment, supplies and accessories sales reflect sales of non-invasive cardiorespiratory diagnostic equipment and aftermarket sales of peripherals and supplies. Service revenues consist of revenues from extended service contracts and non-warranty service visits.

Total revenues for the 2017 second quarter increased by 4.1% to $9.8 million compared to $9.4 million in the same period in 2016. Second quarter operating expenses were $4.9 million compared to $5.3 million in the prior year quarter. Net loss for the three months ended April 30, 2017 was $(26,000), or $(0.01) per diluted share, compared to net income of $45,000, or $0.01 per diluted share, for the same period in 2016. Net (loss) income for the three months ended April 30, 2017 and 2016 included foreign exchange gains of $124,000 and $416,000, respectively, which resulted from the value fluctuation of the Euro in relation to the U.S. dollar.

Results of Operations

The following table contains selected information from our consolidated statements of comprehensive (loss) income, expressed as a percentage of revenue:

	Three Months ended April 30,						Six months ended April 30,
	2017			2016			2017			2016
Revenues		100.0	%		100.0	%		100.0	%		100.0	%
Cost of revenues		49.4			45.8			49.4			46.5
Gross margin		50.6			54.2			50.6			53.5
Operating Expenses
Selling and marketing expenses		24.9			26.9			25.7			27.0
General and administrative expenses		17.4			21.6			17.5			18.5
Research and development expenses		7.5			7.2			7.1			7.2
Amortization of intangibles		0.4			0.6			0.4			0.6
Total operating expenses		50.2			56.3			50.7			53.3
Operating income (loss)		0.4			(2.1	)		(0.1	)		0.2
Interest expense, net		—			0.5			—			0.6
Foreign currency (gain) loss		(1.2	)		(4.4	)		0.3			(1.6	)
Provision for taxes		1.9			1.3			1.0			1.0
Net (loss) income		(0.3	)%		0.5	%		(1.4	)%		0.2	%

Seasonality

The Company experiences some seasonality in its revenues, with the first and fourth quarter of its fiscal year historically being its lowest and highest revenue quarters, respectively. The Company experiences additional variability in each quarter due to a number of factors, including customer budget cycles, product introductions, Company sales incentive programs, general economic conditions and the timing of customer orders.

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Quarterly Comparison of Operations

The following paragraphs discuss the Company’s performance for the three months ended April 30, 2017 and 2016.

Revenues

Total revenues for the three months ended April 30, 2017 increased 4.1% compared to the same period in fiscal 2016. Equipment, supplies and accessories revenue increased 5.7% for the fiscal second quarter, with domestic revenue increasing by 0.4% to $5.4 million and international revenue increasing by 19.2% to $2.6 million due to stronger demand in the Latin America, Canada and Europe/Middle East markets.

Service revenue was $1.8 million and $1.9 million for the 2017 and 2016 second quarters, respectively.

The Attachment Rate, which reflects the percentage of Extended Service Contracts that were sold during customer equipment purchases, was 20% and 34% for the fiscal 2017 and 2016 second quarters, respectively. Current and long-term deferred revenue at the end of the fiscal 2017 second quarter increased 13.8% to $8.0 million, compared to $7.1 million at the end of last year's second quarter. This increase is due to an increase in sales of long-term service agreements.

Revenues from competitive conversions were $1.0 million in the fiscal 2017 second quarter compared to $1.3 million in the same quarter of the prior year. 

Sales backlog at the end of the second quarter totaled $2.0 million, compared to a backlog of $1.9 million at the end of last year’s second quarter. Of the total backlog for the 2017 second quarter, our domestic business contributed $1.7 million and our international business contributed $0.3 million.

Gross Margin

Gross margin of 50.6% in the fiscal second quarter includes gross margin for domestic revenues of 54.1% and international gross margin of 41.0% compared to gross margin of 54.2% for last year's second quarter, with domestic gross margin of 57.2%  and international gross margin of 45.0%. The decline in gross margins for both domestic and international business is due primarily to the unfavorable sales mix of customers and products during the period.  Total gross margins were lower than prior year as a result of strong growth in our international revenues (which are sold through distribution partners, thus carrying a lower gross margin) compared to relatively flat domestic revenue. Gross margin for equipment, supplies and accessories was 47.0% for the quarter (50.0% for domestic and 40.6% for international), compared to 51.3% in the prior year’s quarter (54.1% for domestic and 44.7% for international). Service gross margin was 66.1% for the quarter (67.0% for domestic and 50.0% for international), compared to 65.8% for the prior year’s quarter (67.0% for domestic and 50.0% for international).

Selling and Marketing

Sales and marketing expenses were $2.4 million, or 24.9% of revenue in the fiscal 2017 second quarter compared to $2.5 million, or 26.9%, of revenue in the fiscal 2016 second quarter. This decrease is primarily due to decreases of $109,000 in telemarketing costs, $69,000 in Medisoft costs and $29,000 of consulting costs, offset in part by an increase of $30,000 of variable selling costs and $79,000 of promotions and demonstration expenses.

General and Administrative

General and administrative expenses totaled $1.7 million, or 17.4% of revenue, compared to $2.0 million, or 21.6%, of revenue in the comparable quarter last year. This resulted primarily from a decrease in litigation settlement costs of $670,000 related to a settlement agreement completed in June 2016 and $71,000 of non-employee stock based compensation, partially offset by increases of $119,000 in personnel headcount and incentive costs, $97,000 in Medisoft expenses, $86,000 in strategic consulting fees, $60,000 for bad debt reserves and $35,000 in travel costs. 

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Research and Development

Research and development expenses were $733,000, or 7.5% of revenue in the fiscal second quarter, up from $678,000, or 7.2%, of revenue in last year’s second quarter. This increase is primarily due to $103,000 in consulting costs, offset in part by $37,000 of lower Medical Graphics personnel costs. Medical Graphics remains dedicated to developing new products and improving its existing products.

Amortization of Intangibles

Amortization of acquired Medisoft intangibles was $35,000 and $50,000 for the three months ended April 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively. Amortization of patent costs was $2,000 and $10,000 for the three months ended April 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

The amortization of software development assets was $32,000 and $25,000 for the three months ended April 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively, and is included in the cost of equipment revenues due to the direct relationship to equipment units sold. The Company expects the level of future amortization expense related to capitalized software development costs to increase as the Company releases its current projects under development.

Provision for Taxes

The Company has recorded a provision for income taxes of $187,000 and $125,000 for the three months ended April 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively. The Company records its interim provision for income taxes based on its estimated worldwide annual effective rate for the year excluding MGC Diagnostics Belgium S.P.R.L. net losses of $140,000 and $104,000 for the three-month periods ended April 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively, for which no tax benefit can be recognized due to future expected losses and resulting valuation allowance related to these losses. As such, the $187,000 tax expense for the fiscal 2017 second quarter compared to the world wide consolidated pre-tax income of $301,000 (which excludes the Medisoft Belgium S.P.R.L. loss) results in an effective rate of approximately 62%. The $125,000 tax expense for the fiscal 2016 tax expense resulted in an effective rate for the quarter of approximately 73.5%. The provisions for income taxes for fiscal 2017 and 2016 include federal alternative minimum tax expense, state and foreign income tax expense and expense related to increased reserves for uncertain tax positions expected.
 

 The $187,000 fiscal 2016 year to date expense compared to the world wide consolidated pre-tax income of $228,000 (which includes the Medisoft Belgium S.P.R.L. loss) results in an effective rate of 82%.

Interest Expense

The interest expense decrease is due to the June 2016 payoff of long-term debt and the reduction of non-bank related foreign charges.

Foreign Exchange

During the three months ended April 30, 2017 and 2016, changes in the value of the Euro expressed in U.S. dollars resulted in $124,000 and $416,000 of foreign currency gains, primarily due to the changes in value of the $7.5 million intercompany Euro-denominated note used to partially finance the acquisition of Medisoft.  In addition, pertaining to the net asset position for assets and liabilities of Medisoft, we also incurred a non-cash foreign currency translation loss of $74,000, which is included in the consolidated balance sheets as accumulated other comprehensive income and in the consolidated statements of comprehensive (loss) income as other comprehensive income.

Six Month Comparison of Operations

The following paragraphs discuss the Company’s performance for the six months ended April 30, 2017 and 2016.

Revenues

Total revenues for the six months ended April 30, 2017 decreased 0.7% compared to the same period in fiscal 2016. For the six months ended April 30, 2017, domestic revenue decreased by 4.9% to $13.4 million and international revenue increased 12.4% to $5.1 million.

Revenues from competitive conversions were $1.6 million in the fiscal 2017 six-month period compared to $2.5 million in the same period of the prior year. The Attachment Rate, which reflects the percentage of Extended Service Contracts that were sold during customer equipment purchases, was 24% for the first six months compared to the fiscal 2016 overall average rate of 31%.

International equipment, supplies and accessories revenues increased 14.6% to $4.9 million, compared to $4.3 million for the fiscal 2016 first half, due to stronger demand in the Latin America, Canada, and Europe/Middle East regions. 

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Gross Margin

Gross margin of 50.6% in the six months ended April 30, 2017 includes gross margin for domestic sales of 54.0% and international sales of 41.6%. The decline in gross margins is due primarily to an unfavorable sales mix of customers and products during the period. The lower international gross margin is due primarily to reliance on an international sales model under which product gross margin is shared with distribution partners, who operate in more price sensitive markets. Gross margin for equipment, supplies and accessories was 46.5% for the first half (49.1% for domestic and 41.3% for international), compared to 50.0% in the prior year (52.8% for domestic and 43.1% for international). Gross margin for services was 67.2% for the fiscal 2017 first half, compared to 67.4% for the prior year comparable period. The Company's historical gross margins have ranged around 52% to 53%. We anticipate gross margins greater than 50% but not greater than 52% for overall fiscal 2017.

Selling and Marketing

Sales and marketing expenses were $4.8 million, or 25.7% of revenue for the first half of fiscal 2017 compared to $5.0 million, or 27.0% of revenue in the fiscal 2016 first half. This decrease included $83,000 of telemarketing expenses, $53,000 of Medisoft expenses, $47,000 of convention costs, $45,000 of variable selling costs, $42,000 of personnel and incentive expenses and $31,000 of consulting expenses, offset in part by increased dues and customer promotion expenses of $53,000.

General and Administrative

General and administrative expenses totaled $3.2 million, or 17.5% of revenue in the fiscal 2017 first half year, compared to $3.5 million, or 18.5% of revenue for the fiscal 2016 first half year. This decrease is primarily due to reduced litigation settlement expenses of $670,000 and non-employee compensation of $82,000, offset by $206,000 of increased employee payroll and incentive costs, $130,000 of legal, investor relations, audit and consulting costs, $103,000 of write-offs of doubtful accounts receivable and $38,000 of travel expenses.

Research and Development

Research and development expenses were $1.3 million, or 7.1% of revenue in the 2017 fiscal first half, down from $1.4 million, or 7.2% of revenue, in last year’s comparable period. This decrease is primarily due to $53,000 of net savings on research and development costs and $112,000 of personal and incentive expenses, offset by $120,000 of investment in a clinical research study in support of expanded indications for use of the Forced Oscillation Technique equipment. Internal software development costs capitalized totaled $341,000 and $366,000 in the six months ended April 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively. Although research and development expenses decreased year over year, Medical Graphics remains focused on developing new products and improving existing products.

Amortization of Intangibles

Amortization of acquired Medisoft intangibles was $69,000 and $98,000 for the six months ended April 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively. Amortization of patent costs was $10,000 and $20,000 for the six months ended April 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

The amortization of software development assets consisted of $66,000 and $37,000 for the six months ended April 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively, and is included in the cost of equipment revenues due to the direct relationship to equipment units sold. The Company expects the level of future amortization expense related to capitalized software development costs to increase as the Company releases to the market current projects under development.

Provision for Taxes

The Company has recorded a provision for income taxes of $188,000 and $187,000 for the six months ended April 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively. The Company records its interim provision for income taxes based on our estimated worldwide annual effective rate for the year excluding the MGC Diagnostics Belgium S.P.R.L. loss for the period of $234,000 and $192,000, for the six-month periods ended April 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively, for which no tax benefit can be recognized due to future expected losses and the resulting valuation allowance related to these losses. As a result, the $188,000 tax expense for the six months ended April 30, 2017, compared to the worldwide consolidated pre-tax income of $157,000 (which excludes the Medisoft Belgium S.P.R.L. losses) results in an effective rate for the first six months of approximately 120%. The $187,000 fiscal 2016 year to date expense compared to the world wide consolidated pre-tax income of $228,000 (which includes the Medisoft Belgium S.P.R.L. loss) results in an effective rate of 82%. The difference from the federal statutory rate in fiscal 2017 and 2016 results from the effects of anticipated federal alternative minimum tax (AMT) whose credit cannot be offset due to the partial valuation allowance, state taxes expected to be paid and permanent differences whose effects are to increase the effective rate, including non-deductible meals and entertainment expense, stock-based compensation expense and expense related to reserves for uncertain tax positions.  For the six-month period ended April 30, 2017, the foreign income tax expense of $53,000 is primarily from the the increase in the valuation allowance against deferred tax assets for Medisoft Belgium. 

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Interest Expense

The interest expense decrease is primarily related to the payoff of the Company's term loan on June 14, 2016 and a decrease in Medisoft non-bank related charges. Future interest cost is reduced to only the Medisoft non-bank related debt.

Foreign Exchange

During the six months ended April 30, 2017 and 2016, changes in the value of the Euro expressed in US dollars resulted in $(52,000) and $307,000 of foreign currency gain (loss), due to the changes in value of the intercompany Euro-denominated note used to partially finance the acquisition of Medisoft.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

The Company has financed its working capital and liquidity needs over the last several years through revenue generated by the operations of its wholly-owned Medical Graphics Corporation subsidiary.

As of April 30, 2017, the Company had cash of $5.0 million and working capital of $8.7 million. During the six months ended April 30, 2017, the Company generated $1,168,000 in cash from operating activities, with $698,000 provided by operations before changes in working capital items. Accounts receivable decreased $1,845,000, while day sales outstanding (“DSO”), which measures how quickly receivables are collected, decreased 6 days to 59 days compared to October 31, 2016. Inventory increased by $33,000, as days of inventory on hand increased 22 days to 92 days compared to October 31, 2016, which had benefited from higher fourth quarter revenues. Accounts payable decreased by $874,000, due to seasonality of sales. Employee compensation accruals as of April 30, 2017 were $258,000 lower than October 31, 2016 levels, reflecting the fiscal 2017 first quarter payments of sales commissions that had been accrued at fiscal year-end, partially offset by increased provisions for fiscal 2017 management incentive compensation and other regular period end fluctuations due to the timing of biweekly payrolls.

During the six months ended April 30, 2017, the Company used $540,000 in cash to purchase property, equipment and intangible assets. The Company has no material commitments for capital expenditures for the remainder of fiscal 2017. The Company’s fiscal 2017 operating plans include additional ongoing costs of approximately $500,000 to develop the Company’s next-generation software platform, including expensed development efforts and capitalized software development costs.

The Company's financing activities used $2,929,000 of cash during the six months ended April 30, 2017, resulting from payment of a special cash dividend of $0.70 per share for $3,080,000 in the second fiscal quarter of 2017, offset by proceeds of stock option exercises and share issuances under its employee stock purchase plan.

The Company’s Board of Directors will continue to periodically assess the Company’s capital resources. If the Board of Directors determines that the Company’s capital resources exceed the amount necessary to meet its working capital and liquidity needs, as well as to retain a reasonable cushion for contingencies and strategic opportunities, then the Company will consider various options for increasing shareholder value, including, but not limited to, purchasing its own shares in the open market and in privately negotiated transactions and paying cash dividends.

Litigation

In November 2015, the Company commenced litigation in the French-speaking courts of Brussels, Belgium against the selling shareholders of Medisoft for violations of representations and warranties in the stock purchase agreement dated as of July 10, 2014 under which the Company purchased Medisoft. See "Legal Proceedings" in Part II, Item 1 of this Form 10-Q.

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Forward-Looking Statements.

The discussion above contains forward-looking statements about our future financial results and business prospects that by their nature involve substantial risks and uncertainties. You can identify these statements by the use of words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “expect,” “project,” “intend,” “plan,” “will,” “target,” and other words and terms of similar meaning in connection with any discussion of future operating or financial performance or business plans or prospects.

Our actual results may differ materially depending on a variety of factors including:

 national and worldwide economic and capital market conditions;

 continuing cost-containment efforts in hospital, clinic and office markets;

 our ability to obtain revenue growth and operational synergies from our Medisoft SA subsidiary that we acquired on August 1, 2014;

 our ability to complete our product operating-software development initiatives, obtain regulatory clearance for this updated software and migrate our product operating platforms to a next-generation technology;

 foreign-exchange-rate-fluctuation exposure resulting from the operation of our Medisoft SA subsidiary and our increasing future international operations;

 our ability to remain as qualified providers for group purchasing organizations ensuring continued access to our markets;

 uncertainty or changes in medical reimbursement requirements as a result of changes in government regulation of healthcare resulting from the current administration;

 reinstatement of medical device taxation related to national healthcare reform, including the 2.3% medical device tax, that was suspended for the two years beginning January 1, 2016 and ending December 31, 2017;

 the success of  the forced oscillation technique (“FOT”) clinical study that the Company is sponsoring;

 our ability to sell our FOT product in the United States and world-wide;

 our ability to realize the remaining carrying value of our SleepVirtual sleep diagnostics inventory;

 our ability to successfully resolve pending litigation with the Medisoft selling shareholders;

 our ability to successfully operate our business, to convert our past and continuing research and development expenditures into new and improved cardiorespiratory diagnostic products and services and to sell these products and services into existing and new markets;

 our ability to maintain our cost structure at a level that is appropriate to our near to mid-term revenue expectations, and that our cost structure will enable us to increase revenues and profitability as opportunities develop;

 our ability to profitably expand our international revenue through our Medical Graphics and Medisoft distribution partners;

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 our ability to successfully defend ourselves from product liability claims;

 our ability to defend our existing intellectual property and obtain protection for intellectual property we develop in the future;

 our ability to realize our existing deferred tax assets in domestic and foreign jurisdictions;

 our ability to successfully expand into adjunct non-core product business lines in the future without exposing ourselves to significant risk through significant inventory purchase obligations;

 our ability to develop and maintain an effective system of internal controls and procedures and disclosure controls and procedures; and

 our dependence on third-party vendors.

Additional information with respect to the risks and uncertainties faced by the Company may be found in, and the above discussion is qualified in its entirety by, the other risk factors that are described from time to time in the Company’s Securities and Exchange Commission reports, including the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended October 31, 2016.

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.

Our August 1, 2014 acquisition of Medisoft SA and its subsidiaries introduced considerably more exposure to currency fluctuations, which are reflected in the fiscal 2017 and 2016 losses and gains for the Euro-denominated intercompany instruments that are not regarded as permanent funding. The exposure to currency fluctuations on the remaining net assets of the acquired entities is reflected in accumulated other comprehensive loss in the consolidated balance sheet. A lower US Dollar/Euro conversion rate developed since the July 2014 funding of intra-company loans to our Belgian holding company for the acquisition of Medisoft. Further US Dollar/Euro rate reductions or increases will result in an effect on the Company’s financial statements in amounts that could be material to our consolidated financial position, results of operations and cash flows.

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Item 4. Controls and Procedures.

(a) Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

The Company maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is (i) recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in SEC rules and forms and (ii) accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management, including its principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. 

Management, with the participation of the Company’s chief executive officer, Todd M. Austin, and interim chief financial officer, Jill D. Burchill, has evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of the disclosure controls and procedures, as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based on that evaluation and because of the material weakness in internal control over financial reporting disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K, management concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures are not effective to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the reports that the Company files under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the SEC and that the disclosure controls are also not effective to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the Company’s Exchange Act reports is accumulated and communicated to management, including the chief executive officer and principal accounting officer, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

(b) Changes in Internal Controls

There have been no changes in internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the quarter ended April 30, 2017 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting. As disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended October 31, 2016, we concluded that our internal control over financial reporting was not effective, and as a result, the three significant deficiencies that we identified, when evaluated in aggregate, resulted in a material weakness in internal controls. 

                The identified material weakness arose as a result of significant deficiencies in management’s processes and controls over the development of management’s estimations of valuation reserves for allowance for doubtful accounts and inventory valuation reserves that occurred during the fourth quarter of 2016: 

1.    We concluded that controls surrounding the gathering, interpretation and evaluation of supporting documentation for SleepVirtual sales forecasts were ineffective in determining the appropriate value of the SleepVirtual inventory on hand. 

2.    We concluded that Company policies and procedures in place surrounding demonstration inventory were not adequately followed or reviewed to ensure the demonstration inventory units were monitored for the amount of time they were deployed for selling activities.  The aging of some units required an inventory valuation reserve to properly reflect the estimated net realizable value of the demonstration units in inventory. 

3.    We concluded that the controls surrounding estimation of collectability of aged international accounts receivable were not adequate to establish the correct reserve for a specific customer as of October 31, 2016. 

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The material weakness resulted in misstatements in the recorded amount of inventory valuation reserves and allowance for doubtful accounts reserves that were corrected in the fourth quarter of 2016 prior to issuance of the Company’s consolidated financial statements.  We concluded that a reasonable possibility existed that a material misstatement in the Company’s consolidated financial statements would not have been prevented or detected on a timely basis. 

Remediation Plan for Material Weaknesses in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

During our 2017 fiscal quarter beginning February 1, 2017, we began

 to implement the following remediation plan to address the material weakness described above:

· Strengthen the quarterly monitoring of our international open accounts receivable aging to determine an appropriate allowance for uncollectable accounts,   

· Strengthen oversight of unit sales projections on inventory purchased from third party manufacturers for resale and critically assess the reasonableness of assumptions for expected selling prices and gross margins used to determine the appropriateness of lower-of-cost-or-market reserves,   

· Establish structured training with sales and sales support personnel on existing Company corporate policies and procedures to manage and value all Company demonstration inventory, and   

· Conduct a thorough review of demonstration inventory aging to ensure appropriate valuation reserves have been established.

Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, will be or have been detected.  These inherent limitations include the realities that judgments in decision-making can be faulty, and that breakdowns can occur because of simple error or mistake.  Additionally, controls can be circumvented by the individual acts of some persons, by collusion of two or more people, or by management override of the control.  The design of any system of controls is also based in part upon specific assumptions about the likelihood of future events. There can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions; over time, controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions or the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.  

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PART II – OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings.

The Company is subject to claims and lawsuits that have been filed in the ordinary course of business. From time to time, the Company brings suit against others to enforce patent rights or to collect debts in the ordinary course of business. The Company is not subject to any pending litigation except as set forth below.

MGC Diagnostics Corporation v. Mr. Guy Martinot and Dr. Jean-Benoit Martinot

In November 2015, the Company commenced litigation in the French-speaking courts of Brussels, Belgium against the selling shareholders of Medisoft for violations of representations and warranties in the stock purchase agreement dated as of July 10, 2014 under which the Company purchased Medisoft. The Company alleged that these violations resulted in Company damages of approximately €985,400 ($1,084,000). In May 2015, the Company received payment of €406,700 ($447,000) with respect to these alleged violations pursuant to a bank-guaranteed contractual escrow fund and has reflected that payment on its books and records. On May 30, 2016, the defendant selling shareholders filed an answer and asserted a counterclaim against the Company seeking to recover the €406,700 that was paid to the Company in May 2015 and legal costs. The Company continues to believe the Medisoft selling shareholders are liable to it for violations of representations and warranties in the stock purchase agreement and intends to continue to pursue this matter. The Company has not accrued any losses related to the litigation or accrued any related legal costs it has not yet incurred. The Company currently expects that this litigation process may continue until the fall of 2018.

Item 1A. Risk Factors.

We described the most significant risk factors applicable to the Company in Part I, Item 1A “Risk Factors” of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended October 31, 2016. We believe there have been no material changes to the risk factors disclosed in that Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.

None.

Item 3. Default Upon Senior Securities.

None.

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosure.

None.

Item 5. Other Information.

Lease Amendment

As described in Note 12 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, on May 5, 2017, the Company agreed to extend the lease for the Saint Paul, Minnesota manufacturing and office facilities through December 31, 2018.  The agreement contains a Company right to extend the lease through December 31, 2019.

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Distribution Agreement Amendment

             On August 17, 2012, the Company entered into a five-year worldwide distribution agreement with Restech Srl to distribute Restech's forced oscillation technique (“FOT”) products. On February 14, 2017 the Company and Restech amended the agreement, which now expires on June 30, 2018. The amended agreement eliminates any future Company purchase obligations and retains MGC Diagnostics' exclusivity in all countries except Italy, Russia, Albania, Kosovo and Macedonia. The Company has the right to negotiate a new multi-year agreement prior to March 15, 2018. In the event that the current agreement terminates on June 30, 2018, the Company will retain exclusivity to distribute FOT products in the United States and Canada through September of 2019 and will retain its international exclusivity through March of 2019.

              In connection with the amended agreement, the Company and Restech agreed to collaborate on a clinical study to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of the FOT products to detect lung function abnormalities. The study is designed to compare the diagnostic accuracy of the RESMON PRO FULL to the diagnostic accuracy of spirometry to detect a lung function anomaly (obstructive or restrictive respiratory disease) in a prospective and consecutive cohort of subjects obtaining pulmonary function tests (“PFT”) in PFT labs.  As a secondary objective, the study will aim to compare the diagnostic accuracy of at least one, or a combination, of the parameters provided by the Resmon PRO FULL to the diagnostic accuracy of spirometry to detect a significant response to a bronchodilator.  MGC Diagnostics will sponsor the study and Restech Srl will conduct the study. The Company expects the clinical study to generate evidence that would (i) allow the Company to obtain additional FDA clearance and (ii) result in health care professionals using FOT products in a broader range of applications.

              The Company expects worldwide enrollment to begin in the calendar year 2017 third quarter and expects the study will conclude during the third or fourth quarter of calendar 2018.  The study will include subjects ranging from age three to adulthood.  MGC Diagnostics expects its total investment for the clinical study will not exceed $500,000, including a series of Company payments to Restech aligned to project milestones.  The Company made an initial €87,000 payment to Restech in the fiscal 2017 second quarter.

Item 6. Exhibits.

 10.1 Fifth Addendum dated May 5, 2017 to lease with respect to premises at 350 Oak Grove Parkway, Vadnais Heights, Minnesota.

31.1 Certifications of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 13a-14 and 15d-14 of the Exchange Act.

31.2 Certifications of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 13a-14 and 15d-14 of the Exchange Act.

 32. Certifications pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §1350.

101* The following materials from our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended April 30, 2017 formatted in Inline Extensible Business Reporting Language (Inline XBRL): (i) Consolidated Balance Sheets, (ii) Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss, (iii) Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, (iv) Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements and (vi) document and entity information.

* Pursuant to Rule 406T of Regulation S-T, the XBRL related information in Exhibit 101 to this Report on Form 10-Q shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, and shall not be deemed part of a registration statement, prospectus or other document filed under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filings.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

	MGC DIAGNOSTICS CORPORATION
	(Registrant)
June 13, 2017	By:	/s/ Todd M. Austin
	Todd M. Austin
	Chief Executive Officer
June 13, 2017	By:	/s/ Larry R. Degen
	Larry R. Degen
	Chief Accounting Officer

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EX-10.1

Exhibit 10.1

FIFTH ADDENDUM TO LEASE

This Fifth Addendum to Lease (the "Fifth Addendum") is made and entered into this 5^th day of May, 2017, as an addendum to that certain Lease for the real property located at 350 Oak Grove Parkway, Vadnais Heights, Minnesota, made as of December 15, 2003, by and between VRT Properties, LLC, as successor to Vadnais Heights Investment Company, a Minnesota general partnership, MCHA Capital, LLC, a Minnesota limited liability company, Robert Tipler and Richard K. Mathews, ("Lessor") and MGC Diagnostics Corporation, a Minnesota corporation (f/k/a Angeion Corporation), and Medical Graphics Corporation, a Minnesota corporation (collectively "Tenant"), as amended by the First Addendum to Lease, the Second Addendum to Lease, the Third Addendum to Lease and the Fourth Addendum to Lease (as amended, the "Lease"). All capitalized terms in the Lease shall have the same meaning in this Fifth Addendum.

WHEREAS, the term of the Lease is set to expire on December 31, 2017, and Lessor and Tenant desire to enter into this Fifth Addendum regarding Tenant' s continued occupancy of the Premises and certain other matters relating to the extension.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged Lessor and Tenant agree to the following:

This Fourth Addendum hereby amends the following sections of the Lease:

1.         TERM. The term of the Lease is be extended for twelve (12) months commencing January I, 2018 and terminating on December 31, 2018.

2.RENT. During the twelve (12) month extension period, Tenant shall pay rent to Lessor in the following amounts, which for each year shall be payable in equal monthly installments as set forth below, payable in advance on the first day of each month:

Annual Rent	Monthly Rent
$338,000.00	$28,166.67

3.         COSTS. Tenant agrees to continue to pay all costs and expenses relating to the leased premises consistent with the terms of the Lease and consistent with the ordinary course of business established by Tenant and Lessor during the term of the Lease, including without limitation, all operating expenses, taxes, utilities, maintenance and repairs, except for those specifically described below.

4.         IMPROVEMENTS. Lessor agrees to repave and stripe the parking lot at the leased premises.  Tenant will pay a one-time fee for this improvement of $5,000 payable upon completion of the project.  Lessor and Tenant agree that the parking lot improvement will begin as soon as possible with completion no later than September 15, 2017. Tenant agrees to cooperate with Lessor to permit Lessor to schedule and complete the work efficiently and on time.

5.         RENEWAL NOTIFICANTION   In the event the Tenant desires to exit the facility at the end of the Lease Term (December 31, 2018), the Tennant agrees to provide written notification of this intention on or before August 31, 2018. 

6.         AUTOMATIC LEASE EXTENTION.  At the election of the Tenant, this Fifth Amendment may be automatically extended for another twelve (12) month period with a two percent (2%) increase in annual rent to $344,760 per year.

Except as amended or modified herein, all other provisions of the Lease remain in full force and effect.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, Lessor and Tenant have executed this Fifth Addendum to Lease as of the day and year first above written

LESSOR:	TENANT:
VRT Properties, LLC	MGC Diagnostics Corporation
/s/        Michael A. Hafner	/s/      Todd M. Austin
By:      Michael A. Hafner	By:      Todd M. Austin
Its:     Owner	Its:    CEO

EX-31.1

Exhibit 31.1

CERTIFICATION

I, Todd M. Austin, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this Form 10-Q of MGC Diagnostics Corporation;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

(a)     Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

(b)     Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

(c)     Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

(d)     Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a)     All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

(b)     Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date:	June 13, 2017	/s/ Todd M. Austin
		Todd M. Austin Chief Executive Officer

EX-31.2

Exhibit 31.2

CERTIFICATION

I, Jill D. Burchill, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this Form 10-Q of MGC Diagnostics Corporation;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

(a)      Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

(b)     Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

(c)      Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

(d)      Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a)      All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

(b)      Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date:	June 13, 2017	/s/ Jill D. Burchill
		Jill D. Burchill Interim Chief Financial Officer

EX-32

Exhibit 32

CERTIFICATION

The undersigned certify pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §1350, that:

(1) The accompanying Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended April 30, 2017 fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2) The information contained in the accompanying Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Date:	June 13, 2017	/s/ Todd M. Austin
		Todd M. Austin Chief Executive Officer

Date:	June 13, 2017	/s/ Jill D. Burchill
		Jill D. Burchill Interim Chief Financial Officer

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	Apr. 30, 2017	Jun. 06, 2017
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Consolidated Balance Sheets - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Apr. 30, 2017	Oct. 31, 2016
Current Assets:
Cash	$ 4,957	$ 7,265
Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $174 and $92, respectively	6,352	8,286
Inventories, net of obsolescence reserve of $1,293 and $1,281, respectively	5,034	4,916
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	537	586
Total current assets	16,880	21,053
Property and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of $4,995 and $4,754, respectively	2,572	2,632
Intangible assets, net	4,406	4,211
Deferred income taxes	2,474	2,643
Other non-current assets	54	139
Total Assets	26,386	30,678
Current Liabilities:
Accounts payable	1,993	2,876
Employee compensation	1,290	1,550
Deferred income	3,968	4,007
Other current liabilities and accrued expenses	911	948
Total current liabilities	8,162	9,381
Long-term liabilities:
Long-term deferred income and other	4,183	4,374
Total Liabilities	12,345	13,755
Commitments and Contingencies
Shareholders' Equity:
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Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Apr. 30, 2017	Oct. 31, 2016
Consolidated Balance Sheets [Abstract]
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Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive (Loss) Income - USD ($) shares in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2017	Apr. 30, 2016	Apr. 30, 2017	Apr. 30, 2016
Revenues
Equipment, supplies and accessories revenues	$ 7,981,000	$ 7,547,000	$ 14,873,000	$ 14,948,000
Service revenues	1,838,000	1,884,000	3,686,000	3,734,000
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Cost of revenues
Cost of equipment, supplies and accessories revenues	4,232,000	3,672,000	7,957,000	7,472,000
Cost of service revenues	623,000	645,000	1,209,000	1,219,000
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Gross margin	4,964,000	5,114,000	9,393,000	9,991,000
Operating expenses:
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General and administrative	1,712,000	2,039,000	3,242,000	3,451,000
Research and development	733,000	678,000	1,323,000	1,351,000
Amortization of intangibles	37,000	60,000	79,000	118,000
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Interest expense, net	2,000	49,000	2,000	115,000
Foreign currency (gain) loss	(124,000)	(416,000)	52,000	(307,000)
Income (loss) before taxes	161,000	170,000	(78,000)	228,000
Provision for taxes	187,000	125,000	188,000	187,000
Net (loss) income	(26,000)	45,000	(266,000)	41,000
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Effect of foreign currency translation adjustments	(74,000)	(6,000)	13,000	(9,000)
Comprehensive (loss) income	$ (100,000)	$ 39,000	$ (253,000)	$ 32,000
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Diluted	$ (0.01)	$ 0.01	$ (0.06)	$ 0.01
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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows - USD ($)	6 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2017	Apr. 30, 2016
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net (loss) income	$ (266,000)	$ 41,000
Adjustments to reconcile net (loss) income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation	242,000	212,000
Amortization	145,000	162,000
Stock-based compensation	307,000	348,000
Deferred income taxes	166,000	182,000
Loss (gain) on foreign currency	40,000	(306,000)
Increase (decrease) in allowance for doubtful accounts	82,000	(16,000)
Decrease in inventory obsolescence reserve	(18,000)	(67,000)
Loss on disposal of equipment		2,000
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable	1,845,000	898,000
Inventories	(33,000)	(360,000)
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	65,000	520,000
Accounts payable	(874,000)	(96,000)
Employee compensation	(258,000)	(398,000)
Deferred income	(209,000)	372,000
Other current liabilities and accrued expenses	(66,000)	316,000
Net cash provided by operating activities	1,168,000	1,810,000
Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchases of property and equipment and intangible assets	(540,000)	(454,000)
Net cash used in investing activities	(540,000)	(454,000)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Payment of long-term borrowing		(333,000)
Dividends paid	(3,080,000)
Proceeds from issuance of common stock under employee stock purchase plan	30,000	50,000
Proceeds from the exercise of stock options	126,000
Repurchase of common stock upon vesting of restricted stock awards	(5,000)	(12,000)
Net cash used in financing activities	(2,929,000)	(295,000)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash	(7,000)	(7,000)
Net (decrease) increase in cash	(2,308,000)	1,054,000
Cash at beginning of period	7,265,000	6,553,000
Cash at end of period	4,957,000	7,607,000
Cash paid for taxes	129,000	132,000
Cash paid for interest	2,000	72,000
Supplemental non-cash items:
Current and non-current liabilities issued for leasehold improvements		51,000
Common stock issued for long-term liability		3,000
Accrued dividends	$ 7,000

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Basis of Presentation and Description of Business

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2017

Basis of Presentation and Description of Business [Abstract]

Basis of Presentation and Description of Business

(1)          Basis of Presentation and Description of Business

MGC Diagnostics Corporation (the “Company”), through its Medical Graphics Corporation and Medisoft SA subsidiaries, designs and markets non-invasive cardiorespiratory diagnostic systems that are sold under the MGC Diagnostics and Medisoft brand and trade names. These cardiorespiratory diagnostic systems have a wide range of applications within cardiorespiratory healthcare.

The consolidated balance sheet as of April 30, 2017, the consolidated statements of comprehensive(loss) income for the three- and six-month periods ended April 30, 2017 and 2016, the consolidated statements of cash flows for the six-month periods ended April 30, 2017 and 2016 and the related information presented in these notes have been prepared by management in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Rule 10-01 of Regulation S-X, without audit. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and notes required by U.S. generally accepted accounting principles for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments considered necessary for a fair presentation of results have been included. The consolidated balance sheet at October 31, 2016 was derived from the audited consolidated financial statements as of that date. Operating results for the three- and six-month periods ended April 30, 2017 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending October 31, 2017. For further information, refer to the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in MGC Diagnostics Corporation’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended October 31, 2016.

Preparation of the consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities made in the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Estimates include accounts receivable reserves, product warranty and inventory reserves, realizability of deferred tax assets and depreciable lives of property, equipment and intangible assets (including internal software development costs).

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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2017

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

(2)          Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Revenue Recognition

The Company recognizes revenue when persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, transfer of title has occurred or services have been rendered, the selling price is fixed or determinable and collectability is reasonably ensured. The Company’s products are sold for cash or on unsecured credit terms requiring payment based on the shipment date. Credit terms can vary between customers due to many factors, but are generally, on average, 30 to 60 days. Revenue, net of discounts, is generally recognized upon shipment or delivery to customers in accordance with written sales terms. Standard sales terms do not include customer acceptance conditions, future credits, rebates, price protection or general rights of return. Although the terms of sales to both domestic customers and international distributors are identical, adherence to these terms is more pervasive with domestic customers than with international distributors. In instances when a customer order specifies final acceptance of the system, revenue recognition is deferred until all customer acceptance criteria have been met. Estimated warranty obligations are recorded upon shipment. In certain situations customer requested short-term bill-and-hold sale arrangements are accommodated and accounted for in accordance with authoritative literature. Sales and use taxes are reported on a net basis, excluding them from revenues and cost of revenues.

Service contract revenue is based on a stated contractual rate and is deferred and recognized ratably over the service period, which is typically from 1 to 5 years beginning after the expiration of the standard warranty. Deferred income associated with service contracts was $7,346,000 and $7,551,000 as of April 30, 2017 and October 31, 2016, respectively. Revenue from installation and training services provided to customers is deferred until the service has been performed or no further obligations to perform the service exist. The amount of deferred installation and training revenue was $452,000 and $533,000 as of April 30, 2017 and October 31, 2016, respectively.

When a sale involves multiple deliverables, such as equipment, installation services and training, the amount of the sale consideration is allocated to each respective element based on the relative selling price and revenue is recognized when revenue recognition criteria for each element are met. Consideration allocated to delivered equipment is equal to the total arrangement consideration less the selling price of installation and training. The selling price of installation and training services is based on specific objective evidence, including third-party invoices.

No customer accounted for more than 10% of revenue in either of the three- or six-month periods ended April 30, 2017 or 2016.

Advance Payments from Customers

The Company typically does not receive advance payments from its customers in connection with the sale of its products. The Company occasionally enters into an arrangement under which a customer agrees to purchase a large quantity of product to be delivered over a period of time. Depending on the size of these arrangements, the Company may negotiate an advance payment from these customers. Advance payments from customers were $227,000 and $151,000 as of April 30, 2017 and October 31, 2016, respectively. Revenue recognition for customer orders that include advance payments is consistent with the Company’s revenue recognition policy described above.

Internal Software Development Costs

Internal software development costs consist primarily of internal salaries and consulting fees for developing software platforms for sale to or use by customers within equipment the Company sells. We capitalize costs related to the development of our software products because the Company will use these software products as an integral part of a product or process sold or leased. This software is primarily related to both our current Breeze Suite and our new next generation software platforms, including underlying support products. Capitalized software may also include other less significant projects supporting software for separate sale or for internal use.

We begin to capitalize costs related to software developed for new products and significant enhancements of existing products once we reach technological feasibility and we have completed all research and development for the components of the product. We amortize these costs on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful life of the related product, generally five years, but not more than ten years, commencing with the date the product becomes available for general release to our customers. We amortize costs for internal use software over the expected use periods of the software (See Note 5). The achievement of technological feasibility and the estimate of a product’s economic life require management’s judgment. Any changes in key assumptions, market conditions or other circumstances could result in an impairment of the capitalized software asset and a charge to our operating results. 

Income Taxes

The Company uses the asset and liability method of accounting for income taxes in accordance with FASB ASC 740, Income Taxes. The Company recognizes deferred tax assets or liabilities for the expected future tax consequences of temporary differences between the book and tax basis of assets and liabilities. Each quarter, the Company assesses the likelihood that its deferred tax assets will be recovered from future taxable income. The analysis to determine the amount of the valuation allowance is highly judgmental and requires weighing positive and negative evidence including historical and projected future taxable income and ongoing tax planning strategies. See Note 9 to the consolidated financial statements, “Income Taxes,” for further discussion.

Reclassification

Certain prior year Medisoft service revenues and costs of service revenues amounts have been reclassified to conform with current year classifications. There was no impact, as a result of these reclassifications, on the consolidated balance sheet, the consolidated comprehensive (loss) income or the consolidated statement of cash flows as previously reported.

New Accounting Pronouncements

Revenue from Contracts with Customers. In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued guidance creating Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Section 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers. The new section will replace Section 605, Revenue Recognition, and creates modifications to various other revenue accounting standards for specialized transactions and industries. The section is intended to conform revenue accounting principles to a concurrently issued International Financial Reporting Standards to reconcile previously differing treatment between United States practices and those of the rest of the world and enhance disclosures related to disaggregated revenue information. In August 2015, the FASB deferred the effective date of the new guidance by one year, with the updated guidance now effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017, and interim periods within those fiscal years. The FASB has also issued ASU 2016-10 and ASU 2016-12, which are also related to ASC 606. The Company will adopt the new provisions of this accounting standard at the beginning of fiscal year 2019. The Company is currently evaluating the effect that this guidance will have on its consolidated financial statements.

In July 2015, FASB issued ASU 2015-11, Inventory (Topic 330) Related to Simplifying the Measurement of Inventory, which will apply to all inventory, except inventory that is measured using either last-in, first-out (LIFO) or the retail inventory method. Inventory measured using either first-in, first-out (FIFO) or average cost is covered by the new amendments. Inventory within the scope of the new guidance should be measured at the lower of cost and net realizable value. Net realizable value is the estimated selling prices in the ordinary course of business, less reasonably predictable costs of completion, disposal, and transportation. Subsequent measurement is unchanged for inventory measured using LIFO or the retail inventory method. The amendments will take effect for public business entities for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2016, including interim periods within those fiscal years. The new guidance should be applied prospectively, and earlier application is permitted as of the beginning of an interim or annual reporting period. The Company is currently evaluating the effect that this guidance will have on its consolidated financial statements.

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, Leases, to increase transparency and comparability among organizations by recognizing all lease transactions with an initial term longer than twelve months on the balance sheet as a lease liability and a right-of-use asset (as defined). ASU 2016-02 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within those fiscal years, with earlier application permitted, and requires a modified retrospective transition method upon adoption. The Company is currently evaluating the effect that ASU 2016-02 will have on its consolidated financial statements.

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Shareholders' Equity

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2017

Shareholders' Equity [Abstract]

Shareholders' Equity

(3)           Shareholders' Equity

The MGC Diagnostics Corporation 2007 Stock Incentive Plan (the “2007 Plan”) provides that incentive stock options and nonqualified stock options to purchase shares of common stock may be granted at prices determined by the Human Capital Committee of the Company's Board of Directors, except that the purchase price of incentive stock options may not be less than the fair market value of the stock at the date of grant. Options under the 2007 Plan are subject to vesting schedules established on the date of grant. In addition, the 2007 Plan allows the granting of restricted stock awards, stock appreciation rights and performance stock. 

Total stock-based compensation expense included in the Company’s statements of comprehensive income was $133,000 and $204,000 for the three-month periods ended April 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively, and was $307,000 and $348,000 for the six-month periods ended April 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

Stock Options 

A summary of the Company’s stock option activity for the six months ended April 30, 2017 and 2016 is presented in the following table:

	For the Six Months ended
	April 30, 2017					April 30, 2016
				Weighted					Weighted
				Average					Average
				Exercise					Exercise
	Shares			Price		Shares			Price
Outstanding at beginning of period		371,733		$	6.64		177,900		$	6.48
Granted		34,000			8.20		68,638			6.55
Exercised		(20,999	)		6.02		—			—
Expired or cancelled		(75,000	)		6.66		(13,305	)		6.62
Outstanding at end of period		309,734		$	6.85		233,233		$	6.49

The following table summarizes information concerning stock options outstanding as of April 30, 2017:

		Weighted
		Average
		Remaining	Number
	Number	Contractual	Subject to
Exercise Prices	Outstanding	Life	Exercise
$5.65	10,000	5.95	3,334
6.07	116,667	5.08	50,001
6.63	10,001	5.61	2,664
6.76	4,900	5.54	4,900
6.77	33,333	1.76	33,333
7.05	80,000	6.36	—
7.52	20,000	6.63	—
8.40	4,000	6.93	—
9.12	20,833	4.09	14,999
9.48	10,000	6.76	10,000
Total	309,734	5.22	119,231

The total intrinsic values for outstanding options and exercisable options as of April 30, 2017 were $539,000 and $204,000, respectively, calculated using the closing stock price at the end of the second quarter less the option price of in-the-money options. The Company issues new shares when stock options are exercised. Unrecognized compensation expense related to outstanding stock options as of April 30, 2017 was $438,000 and is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 1.66 years.

Valuation Assumptions

The Company uses the Black-Scholes option-pricing model (“Black-Scholes model”) to determine the fair value of stock options as of the grant date. In determining the fair value of stock options under the Black-Scholes model, management must make assumptions regarding projected employee stock option exercise behaviors, risk-free interest rates, volatility of the Company’s stock price and expected dividends. The expense recognized for options granted under the 2007 Plan is equal to the fair value of stock options as of the grant date. The following table provides the weighted average fair value of options granted to employees and the related assumptions used in the Black-Scholes model for stock option grants made during the six months ended April 30, 2017:

	Options Granted			Options Granted			Options Granted
	April 3, 2017			February 2, 2017			December 15, 2016
Weighted average fair value of options granted	$	3.91		$	4.37		$	3.48
Assumptions used:
Expected life (years)		7.00			7.00			7.00
Risk-free interest rate		1.90	%		1.92	%		1.90	%
Volatility		42.65	%		42.06	%		42.45	%
Dividend Yield		—	%		—	%		—	%

Restricted Stock Awards

Restricted stock awards are awards of common stock that are subject to restrictions on transfer and to a risk of forfeiture if the holder leaves the Company before the restrictions lapse. The holder of a restricted stock award is generally entitled at all times on and after the date of issuance of the restricted shares to exercise the rights of a shareholder of the Company, including the right to vote the shares. The value of stock awards that vest over time is established by the market price on the date of its grant. A summary of the Company’s restricted stock activity for the six months ended April 30, 2017 and 2016 is presented in the following table:

	For the Six Months ended
	April 30, 2017					April 30, 2016
				Weighted					Weighted
				Average					Average
				Grant Date					Grant Date
	Shares			Fair Value		Shares			Fair Value
Unvested at beginning of period		41,497		$	6.59		49,993		$	7.61
Granted		27,546			8.74		31,998			6.00
Vested		(33,664	)		6.15		(31,594	)		6.98
Unvested at end of period		35,379		$	8.68		50,397		$	7.27

Unrecognized compensation expense related to outstanding restricted stock awards to employees and directors as of April 30, 2017 was $231,000 and is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 1.30 years.

Director Stock Awards in Lieu of Cash Retainer Fees

The Company has a program that allows non-employee Board members to elect and receive shares from the 2007 Plan in lieu of some or all of their quarterly cash retainer fees. During the three months ended April 30, 2017 and 2016, the Company issued 1,282 and 1,639 shares, respectively, and during the six months ended April 30, 2017 and 2016, the Company issued 2,771 and 3,342 shares, respectively, under this program. The expense was recognized at the time of share issuance and totaled $11,000 in each of the three-month periods ended April 30, 2017 and 2016, and $22,000 in each of the six-month periods ended April 30, 2017 and 2016.

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

The MGC Diagnostics Corporation 2003 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended (“Purchase Plan”), allows participating employees to purchase up to 200,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at a discount through payroll deductions. The Purchase Plan is available to all employees subject to eligibility requirements. Under the Purchase Plan, participating employees may purchase the Company’s common stock on a voluntary after-tax basis at a price that is the lower of 85% of the fair market value of one share of common stock at the beginning or end of each stock purchase phase. The Purchase Plan is carried out in six-month phases, with phases beginning on January 1 and July 1 of each calendar year. For the phase that ended on December 31, 2016, employees purchased 5,343 shares at a price of $5.54 per share. As of April 30, 2017, the Company has withheld approximately $21,000 from employees participating in the phase that began on January 1, 2017. As of April 30, 2017, 44,010 shares of common stock were available for future purchase under the Purchase Plan.

The following table presents the classification of pre-tax stock-based compensation expense recognized in the consolidated statements of comprehensive (loss) income for the three months and six months ended April 30, 2017 and 2016:

	Three Months ended April 30,				Six Months ended April 30,
(In thousands)	2017		2016		2017		2016
Cost of revenues	$	18	$	1	$	19	$	2
Selling and marketing		55		29		93		58
General and administrative		53		173		186		285
Research and development		7		1		9		3
Stock-based compensation expense	$	133	$	204	$	307	$	348

Tax Impact of Stock-Based Compensation

The Company reports the benefit of tax deductions in excess of recognized stock-based compensation expense on the consolidated statements of cash flows as operating cash flows. For the six months ended April 30, 2017 and 2016, there were No excess tax benefits recognized.

Dividend

On January 25, 2017, the Company declared a special cash dividend of $0.70 per share on its outstanding common stock to all shareholders of record as of February 10, 2017. The dividend was paid on February 24, 2017.

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Inventories

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2017

Inventories [Abstract]

Inventories

(4)          Inventories

Inventories consisted of the following as of April 30, 2017 and October 31, 2016:

(In thousands)	2017		2016
Current Assets:
Raw materials	$	2,142	$	2,072
Work-in-process		965		827
Finished goods		1,927		2,017
		5,034		4,916
Non-current Assets:
Finished goods		46		115
	$	5,080	$	5,031

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Intangible Assets

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2017

Intangible Assets [Abstract]

Intangible Assets

(5)          Intangible Assets

Intangible assets consisted of the following as of April 30, 2017 and October 31, 2016:

(In thousands)	2017			2016
Intangible assets:
Developed technology	$	7,802		$	7,802
Customer and distributor relationships		371			373
Trademarks and trade names		252			254
Software		891			849
Capitalized software in progress		3,140			2,841
		12,456			12,119
Less: accumulated amortization		(8,050	)		(7,908	)
	$	4,406		$	4,211

The Company amortizes the intangible assets related to developed technology, patents and trademarks using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets, which range from 5 to 10 years. Total amortization expense was $35,000 and $92,000 for the three months ended April 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively and $76,000 and $162,000 for the six months ended April 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively. Of the total, amortization expenses of $32,000 and $25,000 related to software costs are included in the cost of equipment, supplies and accessories revenues for the three-month periods ended April 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively, and $66,000 and $37,000 for the six-month periods ended April 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively. The Company estimates it will incur the following amortization expense in the balance of fiscal 2017 and in future fiscal years based on the intangible assets the Company expects to have placed in service at the end of fiscal 2017:  

(In thousands)	Amortization
Six months ending October 31, 2017	$	226
2018		575
2019		533
2020		510
2021		445
2022		374
Thereafter		1,411
	$	4,074

This table does not include estimated amortization expense of $86,000 for patents included in “Developed technology,” or of $246,000 for capitalized software costs the Company expects to place into service after the current fiscal year. The Company capitalized software development costs of $181,000 and $196,000 during the three-month periods ended April 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively, and $341,000 and $366,000 during the six-month periods ended April 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively. Upon completion of these development projects, the Company expects to amortize the capitalized software costs over a ten year period.

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Warranty Reserve

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2017

Warranty Reserve [Abstract]

Warranty Reserve

(6)          Warranty Reserve

Sales of the Company’s equipment are subject to a warranty obligation. Equipment warranties typically extend for a period of twelve months from the date of installation. Standard warranty terms are included in customer contracts. Under the terms of these warranties, the Company is obligated to repair or replace any components or assemblies that it deems defective in workmanship or materials. The Company reserves the right to reject warranty claims if it determines that failure is due to normal wear, customer modifications, improper maintenance or misuse. The Company maintains a warranty reserve that reflects the estimated expenses it will incur to honor the warranties on its products. The Company adjusts the warranty reserve based on the number and type of equipment subject to warranty and the remaining months of warranty coverage. The warranty reserve adjustment reflects the Company’s historical warranty experience based on the type of equipment. 

Warranty provisions and claims for the six months ended April 30, 2017 and 2016 were as follows:

(In thousands)	2017			2016
Balance, beginning of period	$	151		$	147
Warranty provision based on units sold		104			137
Periodic reserve adjustments		5			(50	)
Warranty claims		(138	)		(123	)
Balance, end of period	$	122		$	111

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Financing Arrangements

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2017

Financing Arrangements [Abstract]

Financing Arrangements

(7)          Financing Arrangements

On July 24, 2014, the Company entered into a credit agreement with BMO Harris Bank NA. The Agreement, as amended, included a $4.0 million term loan and a $250,000 revolving credit facility. The term loan, which bore interest at a floating rate, was payable in equal monthly principal installments of $66,667 over a five year period commencing August 31, 2014 and was evidenced by a term note. The Company borrowed the $4.0 million under the term loan on July 24, 2014 and used these proceeds in connection with its August 1, 2014 acquisition of Medisoft SA. On June 14, 2016, the Company paid off the remaining balance of the term loan and terminated the revolving credit facility.

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Net Income (Loss) per Share

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2017

Net Income (Loss) per Share [Abstract]

Net Income (Loss) per Share

(8)          Net Income (Loss) per Share

 Basic income (loss) per share is computed by dividing net income (loss) by the weighted average shares outstanding during the reporting period. Diluted income per share is computed similarly to basic income (loss) per share except that the weighted average shares outstanding are increased to include additional shares issuable from the assumed exercise of warrants and stock options, if dilutive, as well as the dilutive effects of any unvested restricted share awards. Diluted loss per share does not include any of these dilutive effects in its calculation. The number of additional shares is calculated by assuming that outstanding warrants and stock options are exercised, outstanding restricted share grants vest and that the cash proceeds from the exercise together with the assumed employment value represented by the unamortized stock-based compensation were used to reacquire shares of common stock at the average market price during the reporting period.

 The Company had unexpired options and warrants for the purchase of its common stock and unvested restricted awards as of April 30, 2017 and 2016 of 513,455 and 451,972 shares, respectively.

Shares used in the net income (loss) per share computations are as follows: 

	Three Months ended April 30,				Six Months ended April 30,
(In thousands)	2017		2016		2017		2016
Weighted average common shares outstanding - basic		4,381		4,306		4,361		4,293
Dilutive effect of stock options, warrants and unvested restricted shares		—		13		—		17
Weighted average common shares outstanding - diluted		4,381		4,319		4,361		4,310

Anti-dilutive shares excluded from the calculation for each of the three- and six-month periods ended April 30, 2016 totaled 432,576 and 432,576, respectively. As a result of the net loss for the three- and six-month periods ended April 30, 2017, all outstanding warrants, stock options and unvested restricted stock shares were considered anti-dilutive and, therefore, were excluded from diluted loss per share for each period.

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Income Taxes

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2017

Income Taxes [Abstract]

Income Taxes

(9)         Income Taxes

The Company has recorded a provision for income taxes of $187,000 and $125,000 for the three months ended April 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively and $188,000 and $187,000 for the six months ended April 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively. The Company records its interim provision for income taxes based on its estimated worldwide annual effective rate for the year,  excluding MGC Diagnostics Belgium S.P.R.L. net losses of $140,000 and $234,000 for the three- and six-month periods ended April 30, 2017 and $104,000 and $192,000) for the three- and six-month periods ended April 30, 2016, respectively, for which no tax benefit can be recognized due to expected future losses and the resulting valuation allowance related to these losses. As such, the $188,000 fiscal 2017 year to date tax expense compared to the world wide consolidated pre-tax income of $157,000 (which excludes the Medisot Belgium S.P.R.L. loss) results in an effective rate of approximately 119.8%.

For the six months ended April 30, 2017, the Company recorded a domestic income tax expense of $135,000 based on an estimated U.S. annual effective tax rate of 45.2%.  The differences from the federal statutory rate result from the effects of anticipated federal alternative minimum tax (AMT) whose credit cannot be offset due to the partial valuation allowance, state taxes expected to be paid and permanent differences whose effects are to increase the effective rate, including non-deductible meals and entertainment expenses, stock-based compensation expenses related to incentive stock options and restricted stock awards and expense related to reserves for uncertain tax positions. For the six months ended April 30, 2017, the foreign tax expense of $53,000 is primarily from the increase in the valuation allowance against the deferred tax assets for Medisoft Belgium.

As of April 30, 2017, the Company had a reserve for uncertain tax positions of $95,000 compared to the October 31, 2016 balance of $92,000. If recognized, approximately $61,000 of these benefits would lower the effective tax rate. The remaining $34,000, if recognized, would result in a deferred tax asset subject to a valuation allowance and therefore would not affect the effective rate.

Estimated interest and penalties related to potential underpayment of income taxes are classified as a component of tax expense in the consolidated statements of comprehensive (loss) income. The Company does not expect the amount of reserves for uncertain tax positions to change significantly in the next twelve months. Similarly, the Company does not anticipate that the total reserve for uncertain tax positions will significantly change due to the settlement of audits and the expiration of statutes of limitations within the next twelve months.

The Company files a consolidated federal income tax return in the United States federal jurisdiction and files various combined and separate tax returns in several state and local jurisdictions. For United States federal tax, the Company is no longer subject to examinations by the authorities for fiscal years ending prior to November 1, 1998. The expiration dates of the statute of limitations related to the various state income tax returns vary by state. There is no statute of limitations for assessments related to jurisdictions where the Company may have a nexus but has chosen not to file an income tax return.

The Company has federal net operating loss (“NOL”) and general business tax credit carry forwards; however, the utilization of some of these tax loss and tax credit carry forwards is limited under Internal Revenue Code (“IRC”) §382 and §383, respectively, as a result of an IRS-deemed change in ownership that occurred in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2006. The Company’s estimated domestic NOL carry forwards of $6.5 million that are not limited as of October 31, 2016 include $2.8 million of income tax deductions in excess of previously recorded tax benefits. The tax benefit of these excess deductions was added to deferred tax assets as of October 31, 2016 as a result of the adoption of ASU 2016-09 retroactively to November 1, 2015; however the additional benefit was offset by an equivalent increase to the valuation allowance for domestic net deferred tax assets. These loss carry forwards will expire in years 2018 through 2032. Additionally, the Company has general business credit carry forwards of $461,000 that will expire in 2033. Use of this general business credit carry forward is not limited because it was generated after the change in ownership. The Company also has $266,000 of alternative minimum tax credit carry forwards that do not have expiration dates. The alternative minimum tax credit carry forwards are limited by IRC §383, but their ultimate use is not affected since these do not expire. In addition, as of October 31, 2016, the Company has foreign NOL carry forwards of approximately $4.8 million. Foreign NOL expiration varies by country; however, a substantial portion of the foreign NOLs are in Belgium, and do not expire. As of October 31, 2016, the Company had a remaining valuation allowances for domestic and international entities of approximately $1,951,000 and $772,000, respectively.

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Segment Reporting

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2017

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Segment Reporting

(10)       Segment Reporting

The Company operates in a single industry segment, the manufacture and sale of cardiorespiratory diagnostic products. The Company sells its products into many countries throughout the world. Net sales and long-lived assets by geographic area are shown in the following tables.

	Three Months ended April 30,				Six Months ended April 30,
(In thousands)	2017		2016		2017		2016
Revenues from unaffiliated customers:
United States	$	7,134	$	7,119	$	13,415	$	14,119
Americas		490		222		936		403
Europe, Middle East, Africa		1,785		1,574		3,342		3,146
Asia Pacific		410		516		866		1,014
	$	9,819	$	9,431	$	18,559	$	18,682

	April 30, 2017		October 31, 2016
Long-lived assets:
United States	$	6,918	$	6,829
Europe		2,588		2,796
	$	9,506	$	9,625

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Litigation

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2017

Litigation [Abstract]

Litigation

(11)       Litigation

The Company is also subject to certain claims and lawsuits that have been filed in the ordinary course of business. From time to time, the Company initiates lawsuits against others to enforce patents or to seek collection of debts in the ordinary course of business. The Company is not subject to any significant litigation, except as set forth below.

MGC Diagnostics Corporation v. Mr. Guy Martinot and Dr. Jean-Benoît Martinot

In November 2015, the Company commenced litigation in the French-speaking courts of Brussels, Belgium against the selling shareholders of Medisoft for violations of representations and warranties in the stock purchase agreement dated as of July 10, 2014 under which the Company purchased Medisoft. The Company alleged that these violations resulted in Company damages of approximately €985,400 ($1,084,000). In May 2015, the Company received payment of €406,700 ($447,000) with respect to these alleged violations pursuant to a bank guaranteed contractual escrow fund and has reflected that payment on its books and records. On May 30, 2016, the defendant selling shareholders filed an answer and asserted a counterclaim against the Company seeking to recover the €406,700 that was paid to the Company in May 2015 and legal costs. The Company continues to believe the Medisoft selling shareholders are liable to it for violations of representations and warranties in the stock purchase agreement and intends to continue to pursue this matter. The Company has not accrued any losses related to the litigation or accrued any related legal costs it has not yet incurred. The Company currently expects that this litigation process may continue until the fall of 2018.

Neurovirtual USA, Inc. v. MGC Diagnostics Corporation

The Company was also involved in litigation with Neurovirtual USA that it settled in June 2016.  In that settlement the Company made a one-time cash payment of $650,000 to Neurovirtual and each party agreed to dismiss with prejudice the lawsuit and all claims against the other party. As part of the settlement, the Company has retained Neurovirtual sleep diagnostics inventory that it purchased and Neurovirtual agreed to support this inventory pursuant to the distribution agreement. The Company has no continuing obligation to purchase additional Neurovirtual diagnostics products. 

The Company recorded a loss of $650,000, which was included in general and administrative expense for the quarter ended April 30, 2016. For the quarter ended October 31, 2016, the Company recorded an impairment loss of $354,000 with respect to a portion of its sleep diagnostic inventory, which resulted from its ongoing analysis of projected unit sales in future periods. The Company continues to carry inventory and other noncurrent assets valued at $68,000 and $46,000, respectively, as of April 30, 2017. 

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Subsequent Event

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2017

Subsequent Events [Abstract]

Subsequent Event

(12)       Subsequent Event 

              In May 2016, the Company entered into the Fifth Addendum to its lease for its Saint Paul manufacturing and office facility, extending its lease commitment by one year to December 31, 2018.  Monthly rental payments total to an annual commitment of $338,000 in the extension period.  The agreement includes a Company right to extend the lease through December 31, 2019.

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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Policy)

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2017

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Revenue Recognition

Revenue Recognition

The Company recognizes revenue when persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, transfer of title has occurred or services have been rendered, the selling price is fixed or determinable and collectability is reasonably ensured. The Company’s products are sold for cash or on unsecured credit terms requiring payment based on the shipment date. Credit terms can vary between customers due to many factors, but are generally, on average, 30 to 60 days. Revenue, net of discounts, is generally recognized upon shipment or delivery to customers in accordance with written sales terms. Standard sales terms do not include customer acceptance conditions, future credits, rebates, price protection or general rights of return. Although the terms of sales to both domestic customers and international distributors are identical, adherence to these terms is more pervasive with domestic customers than with international distributors. In instances when a customer order specifies final acceptance of the system, revenue recognition is deferred until all customer acceptance criteria have been met. Estimated warranty obligations are recorded upon shipment. In certain situations customer requested short-term bill-and-hold sale arrangements are accommodated and accounted for in accordance with authoritative literature. Sales and use taxes are reported on a net basis, excluding them from revenues and cost of revenues.

Service contract revenue is based on a stated contractual rate and is deferred and recognized ratably over the service period, which is typically from 1 to 5 years beginning after the expiration of the standard warranty. Deferred income associated with service contracts was $7,346,000 and $7,551,000 as of April 30, 2017 and October 31, 2016, respectively. Revenue from installation and training services provided to customers is deferred until the service has been performed or no further obligations to perform the service exist. The amount of deferred installation and training revenue was $452,000 and $533,000 as of April 30, 2017 and October 31, 2016, respectively.

When a sale involves multiple deliverables, such as equipment, installation services and training, the amount of the sale consideration is allocated to each respective element based on the relative selling price and revenue is recognized when revenue recognition criteria for each element are met. Consideration allocated to delivered equipment is equal to the total arrangement consideration less the selling price of installation and training. The selling price of installation and training services is based on specific objective evidence, including third-party invoices.

No customer accounted for more than 10% of revenue in either of the three- or six-month periods ended April 30, 2017 or 2016.

Advance Payments from Customers

Advance Payments from Customers

The Company typically does not receive advance payments from its customers in connection with the sale of its products. The Company occasionally enters into an arrangement under which a customer agrees to purchase a large quantity of product to be delivered over a period of time. Depending on the size of these arrangements, the Company may negotiate an advance payment from these customers. Advance payments from customers were $227,000 and $151,000 as of April 30, 2017 and October 31, 2016, respectively. Revenue recognition for customer orders that include advance payments is consistent with the Company’s revenue recognition policy described above.

Internal Software Development Costs

Internal Software Development Costs

Internal software development costs consist primarily of internal salaries and consulting fees for developing software platforms for sale to or use by customers within equipment the Company sells. We capitalize costs related to the development of our software products because the Company will use these software products as an integral part of a product or process sold or leased. This software is primarily related to both our current Breeze Suite and our new next generation software platforms, including underlying support products. Capitalized software may also include other less significant projects supporting software for separate sale or for internal use.

We begin to capitalize costs related to software developed for new products and significant enhancements of existing products once we reach technological feasibility and we have completed all research and development for the components of the product. We amortize these costs on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful life of the related product, generally five years, but not more than ten years, commencing with the date the product becomes available for general release to our customers. We amortize costs for internal use software over the expected use periods of the software (See Note 5). The achievement of technological feasibility and the estimate of a product’s economic life require management’s judgment. Any changes in key assumptions, market conditions or other circumstances could result in an impairment of the capitalized software asset and a charge to our operating results. 

Income Taxes

Income Taxes

The Company uses the asset and liability method of accounting for income taxes in accordance with FASB ASC 740, Income Taxes. The Company recognizes deferred tax assets or liabilities for the expected future tax consequences of temporary differences between the book and tax basis of assets and liabilities. Each quarter, the Company assesses the likelihood that its deferred tax assets will be recovered from future taxable income. The analysis to determine the amount of the valuation allowance is highly judgmental and requires weighing positive and negative evidence including historical and projected future taxable income and ongoing tax planning strategies. See Note 9 to the consolidated financial statements, “Income Taxes,” for further discussion.

Reclassification

Reclassification

Certain prior year Medisoft service revenues and costs of service revenues amounts have been reclassified to conform with current year classifications. There was no impact, as a result of these reclassifications, on the consolidated balance sheet, the consolidated comprehensive (loss) income or the consolidated statement of cash flows as previously reported.

New Accounting Pronouncements

New Accounting Pronouncements

Revenue from Contracts with Customers. In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued guidance creating Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Section 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers. The new section will replace Section 605, Revenue Recognition, and creates modifications to various other revenue accounting standards for specialized transactions and industries. The section is intended to conform revenue accounting principles to a concurrently issued International Financial Reporting Standards to reconcile previously differing treatment between United States practices and those of the rest of the world and enhance disclosures related to disaggregated revenue information. In August 2015, the FASB deferred the effective date of the new guidance by one year, with the updated guidance now effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017, and interim periods within those fiscal years. The FASB has also issued ASU 2016-10 and ASU 2016-12, which are also related to ASC 606. The Company will adopt the new provisions of this accounting standard at the beginning of fiscal year 2019. The Company is currently evaluating the effect that this guidance will have on its consolidated financial statements.

In July 2015, FASB issued ASU 2015-11, Inventory (Topic 330) Related to Simplifying the Measurement of Inventory, which will apply to all inventory, except inventory that is measured using either last-in, first-out (LIFO) or the retail inventory method. Inventory measured using either first-in, first-out (FIFO) or average cost is covered by the new amendments. Inventory within the scope of the new guidance should be measured at the lower of cost and net realizable value. Net realizable value is the estimated selling prices in the ordinary course of business, less reasonably predictable costs of completion, disposal, and transportation. Subsequent measurement is unchanged for inventory measured using LIFO or the retail inventory method. The amendments will take effect for public business entities for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2016, including interim periods within those fiscal years. The new guidance should be applied prospectively, and earlier application is permitted as of the beginning of an interim or annual reporting period. The Company is currently evaluating the effect that this guidance will have on its consolidated financial statements.

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, Leases, to increase transparency and comparability among organizations by recognizing all lease transactions with an initial term longer than twelve months on the balance sheet as a lease liability and a right-of-use asset (as defined). ASU 2016-02 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within those fiscal years, with earlier application permitted, and requires a modified retrospective transition method upon adoption. The Company is currently evaluating the effect that ASU 2016-02 will have on its consolidated financial statements.

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Shareholders' Equity (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2017

Shareholders' Equity [Abstract]

Schedule of Stock Option Activity

	For the Six Months ended
	April 30, 2017					April 30, 2016
				Weighted					Weighted
				Average					Average
				Exercise					Exercise
	Shares			Price		Shares			Price
Outstanding at beginning of period		371,733		$	6.64		177,900		$	6.48
Granted		34,000			8.20		68,638			6.55
Exercised		(20,999	)		6.02		—			—
Expired or cancelled		(75,000	)		6.66		(13,305	)		6.62
Outstanding at end of period		309,734		$	6.85		233,233		$	6.49

Schedule of Stock Options Outstanding

		Weighted
		Average
		Remaining	Number
	Number	Contractual	Subject to
Exercise Prices	Outstanding	Life	Exercise
$5.65	10,000	5.95	3,334
6.07	116,667	5.08	50,001
6.63	10,001	5.61	2,664
6.76	4,900	5.54	4,900
6.77	33,333	1.76	33,333
7.05	80,000	6.36	—
7.52	20,000	6.63	—
8.40	4,000	6.93	—
9.12	20,833	4.09	14,999
9.48	10,000	6.76	10,000
Total	309,734	5.22	119,231

Schedule of Stock Option Valuation Assumptions

	Options Granted			Options Granted			Options Granted
	April 3, 2017			February 2, 2017			December 15, 2016
Weighted average fair value of options granted	$	3.91		$	4.37		$	3.48
Assumptions used:
Expected life (years)		7.00			7.00			7.00
Risk-free interest rate		1.90	%		1.92	%		1.90	%
Volatility		42.65	%		42.06	%		42.45	%
Dividend Yield		—	%		—	%		—	%

Schedule of Restricted Stock Activity

	For the Six Months ended
	April 30, 2017					April 30, 2016
				Weighted					Weighted
				Average					Average
				Grant Date					Grant Date
	Shares			Fair Value		Shares			Fair Value
Unvested at beginning of period		41,497		$	6.59		49,993		$	7.61
Granted		27,546			8.74		31,998			6.00
Vested		(33,664	)		6.15		(31,594	)		6.98
Unvested at end of period		35,379		$	8.68		50,397		$	7.27

Schedule of Pre-Tax Stock-Based Compensation Expense Recognized

	Three Months ended April 30,				Six Months ended April 30,
(In thousands)	2017		2016		2017		2016
Cost of revenues	$	18	$	1	$	19	$	2
Selling and marketing		55		29		93		58
General and administrative		53		173		186		285
Research and development		7		1		9		3
Stock-based compensation expense	$	133	$	204	$	307	$	348

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Inventories (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2017

Inventories [Abstract]

Schedule of Inventories

(In thousands)	2017		2016
Current Assets:
Raw materials	$	2,142	$	2,072
Work-in-process		965		827
Finished goods		1,927		2,017
		5,034		4,916
Non-current Assets:
Finished goods		46		115
	$	5,080	$	5,031

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Intangible Assets (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2017

Intangible Assets [Abstract]

Schedule of Intangible Assets

(In thousands)	2017			2016
Intangible assets:
Developed technology	$	7,802		$	7,802
Customer and distributor relationships		371			373
Trademarks and trade names		252			254
Software		891			849
Capitalized software in progress		3,140			2,841
		12,456			12,119
Less: accumulated amortization		(8,050	)		(7,908	)
	$	4,406		$	4,211

Schedule of Expected Amortization Expense

(In thousands)	Amortization
Six months ending October 31, 2017	$	226
2018		575
2019		533
2020		510
2021		445
2022		374
Thereafter		1,411
	$	4,074

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Warranty Reserve (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2017

Warranty Reserve [Abstract]

Schedule of Warranty Provisions and Claims

(In thousands)	2017			2016
Balance, beginning of period	$	151		$	147
Warranty provision based on units sold		104			137
Periodic reserve adjustments		5			(50	)
Warranty claims		(138	)		(123	)
Balance, end of period	$	122		$	111

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Net Income (Loss) per Share (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2017

Net Income (Loss) per Share [Abstract]

Schedule of Shares Used in Income per Share Computations

	Three Months ended April 30,				Six Months ended April 30,
(In thousands)	2017		2016		2017		2016
Weighted average common shares outstanding - basic		4,381		4,306		4,361		4,293
Dilutive effect of stock options, warrants and unvested restricted shares		—		13		—		17
Weighted average common shares outstanding - diluted		4,381		4,319		4,361		4,310

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Segment Reporting (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2017

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Schedule of Net Sales by Geographic Area

	Three Months ended April 30,				Six Months ended April 30,
(In thousands)	2017		2016		2017		2016
Revenues from unaffiliated customers:
United States	$	7,134	$	7,119	$	13,415	$	14,119
Americas		490		222		936		403
Europe, Middle East, Africa		1,785		1,574		3,342		3,146
Asia Pacific		410		516		866		1,014
	$	9,819	$	9,431	$	18,559	$	18,682

	April 30, 2017		October 31, 2016
Long-lived assets:
United States	$	6,918	$	6,829
Europe		2,588		2,796
	$	9,506	$	9,625

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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Narrative) (Details)	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2017 USD ($) item	Apr. 30, 2016 item	Apr. 30, 2017 USD ($) item	Apr. 30, 2016 item	Oct. 31, 2016 USD ($)
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Number of major customers | item	0	0	0	0
Service Contracts [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Deferred revenue	$ 7,346,000		$ 7,346,000		$ 7,551,000
Installation And Training [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Deferred revenue	452,000		452,000		533,000
Advance Payment From Customers [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Deferred revenue	$ 227,000		$ 227,000		$ 151,000
Software [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Intangible assets, useful lives			5 years
Minimum [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Credit terms			30 days
Service terms			1 year
Intangible assets, useful lives			5 years
Maximum [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Credit terms			60 days
Service terms			5 years
Intangible assets, useful lives			10 years
Maximum [Member] | Software [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Intangible assets, useful lives			10 years

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Shareholders' Equity (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($)		3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jan. 25, 2017	Apr. 30, 2017	Apr. 30, 2016	Apr. 30, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016	Apr. 30, 2016
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock-based compensation		$ 133,000	$ 204,000	$ 307,000		$ 348,000
Unrecognized compensation expense related to outstanding stock options		438,000		$ 438,000
Compensation expense recognition, weighted average period				1 year 7 months 28 days
Stock-based compensation expense		$ 133,000	$ 204,000	$ 307,000		348,000
Excess tax benefit				$ 0		$ 0
Shares available for grant		44,010		44,010
Total intrinsic value of options outstanding		$ 539,000		$ 539,000
Total intrinsic value of options exercisable		$ 204,000		$ 204,000
Special cash dividend declared	$ 0.70			$ 0.70
Restricted Stock [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Unrecognized compensation expense related to outstanding restricted stock awards		$ 231,000		$ 231,000
Compensation expense recognition, weighted average period				1 year 3 months 18 days
Director Stock Awards In Lieu Of Cash Retainer Fees [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Issued shares		1,282	1,639	2,771		3,342
Stock-based compensation expense		$ 11,000	$ 11,000	$ 22,000		$ 22,000
Employee Stock Purchase Plan [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Shares authorized		200,000		200,000
Purchase price of common stock expressed as a percentage of its fair market value, percent				85.00%
Employees stock purchase plan, shares purchased					5,343
Employees stock purchase plan, price per share					$ 5.54
Amount withheld from employees participating in the Employee Stock Purchase Plan		$ 21,000		$ 21,000

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Shareholders' Equity (Schedule of Stock Option Activity) (Details) - $ / shares	6 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2017	Apr. 30, 2016
Shareholders' Equity [Abstract]
Outstanding at beginning of period, Shares	371,733	177,900
Granted, Shares	34,000	68,638
Exercised, Shares	(20,999)
Expired or cancelled, Shares	(75,000)	(13,305)
Outstanding at end of period, Shares	309,734	233,233
Outstanding at beginning of period, Weighted average exercise price	$ 6.64	$ 6.48
Granted, Weighted Average Exercise Price	8.20	6.55
Exercised, Weighted Average Exercise Price	6.02
Expired or cancelled, Weighted Average Exercise Price	6.66	6.62
Outstanding at end of period, Weighted average exercise price	$ 6.85	$ 6.49

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Shareholders' Equity (Schedule of Stock Options Outstanding) (Details)	6 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2017 $ / shares shares
Share-based Compensation, Shares Authorized under Stock Option Plans, Exercise Price Range [Line Items]
Number Outstanding	309,734
Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life	5 years 2 months 19 days
Number Subject to Exercise	119,231
$5.65 [Member]
Share-based Compensation, Shares Authorized under Stock Option Plans, Exercise Price Range [Line Items]
Exercise Prices | $ / shares	5.65
Number Outstanding	10,000
Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life	5 years 11 months 12 days
Number Subject to Exercise	3,334
$6.07 [Member]
Share-based Compensation, Shares Authorized under Stock Option Plans, Exercise Price Range [Line Items]
Exercise Prices | $ / shares	6.07
Number Outstanding	116,667
Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life	5 years 29 days
Number Subject to Exercise	50,001
$6.63 [Member]
Share-based Compensation, Shares Authorized under Stock Option Plans, Exercise Price Range [Line Items]
Exercise Prices | $ / shares	6.63
Number Outstanding	10,001
Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life	5 years 7 months 9 days
Number Subject to Exercise	2,664
$6.76 [Member]
Share-based Compensation, Shares Authorized under Stock Option Plans, Exercise Price Range [Line Items]
Exercise Prices | $ / shares	6.76
Number Outstanding	4,900
Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life	5 years 6 months 14 days
Number Subject to Exercise	4,900
$6.77 [Member]
Share-based Compensation, Shares Authorized under Stock Option Plans, Exercise Price Range [Line Items]
Exercise Prices | $ / shares	6.77
Number Outstanding	33,333
Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life	1 year 9 months 3 days
Number Subject to Exercise	33,333
$7.05 [Member]
Share-based Compensation, Shares Authorized under Stock Option Plans, Exercise Price Range [Line Items]
Exercise Prices | $ / shares	7.05
Number Outstanding	80,000
Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life	6 years 4 months 9 days
Number Subject to Exercise
$7.52 [Member]
Share-based Compensation, Shares Authorized under Stock Option Plans, Exercise Price Range [Line Items]
Exercise Prices | $ / shares	7.52
Number Outstanding	20,000
Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life	6 years 7 months 17 days
Number Subject to Exercise
$8.40 [Member]
Share-based Compensation, Shares Authorized under Stock Option Plans, Exercise Price Range [Line Items]
Exercise Prices | $ / shares	8.40
Number Outstanding	4,000
Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life	6 years 11 months 4 days
Number Subject to Exercise
$9.12 [Member]
Share-based Compensation, Shares Authorized under Stock Option Plans, Exercise Price Range [Line Items]
Exercise Prices | $ / shares	9.12
Number Outstanding	20,833
Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life	4 years 1 month 2 days
Number Subject to Exercise	14,999
$9.48 [Member]
Share-based Compensation, Shares Authorized under Stock Option Plans, Exercise Price Range [Line Items]
Exercise Prices | $ / shares	9.48
Number Outstanding	10,000
Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life	6 years 9 months 3 days
Number Subject to Exercise	10,000

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Shareholders' Equity (Schedule of Stock Option Valuation Assumptions) (Details) - $ / shares	Apr. 03, 2017	Feb. 02, 2017	Dec. 15, 2016
Shareholders' Equity [Abstract]
Weighted average fair value of options granted	$ 3.91	$ 4.37	$ 3.48
Expected life (years)	7 years	7 years	7 years
Risk-free interest rate	1.90%	1.92%	1.90%
Volatility	42.65%	42.06%	42.45%
Dividend Yield

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Shareholders' Equity (Schedule of Restricted Stock Activity) (Details) - $ / shares	6 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2017	Apr. 30, 2016
Shareholders' Equity [Abstract]
Unvested at beginning of period, Shares	41,497	49,993
Granted, Shares	27,546	31,998
Vested, Shares	(33,664)	(31,594)
Unvested at end of period, Shares	35,379	50,397
Unvested at beginning of period, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value	$ 6.59	$ 7.61
Granted, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value	8.74	6.00
Vested, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value	6.15	6.98
Unvested at end of period, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value	$ 8.68	$ 7.27

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Shareholders' Equity (Schedule of Pre-Tax Stock-Based Compensation Expense Recognized) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2017	Apr. 30, 2016	Apr. 30, 2017	Apr. 30, 2016
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]
Stock-based compensation expense	$ 133	$ 204	$ 307	$ 348
Cost Of Revenues [Member]
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]
Stock-based compensation expense	18	1	19	2
Selling And Marketing [Member]
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]
Stock-based compensation expense	55	29	93	58
General And Administrative [Member]
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]
Stock-based compensation expense	53	173	186	285
Research And Development [Member]
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]
Stock-based compensation expense	$ 7	$ 1	$ 9	$ 3

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Inventories (Schedule of Inventories) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Apr. 30, 2017	Oct. 31, 2016
Current Assets:
Raw materials	$ 2,142	$ 2,072
Work-in-process	965	827
Finished goods	1,927	2,017
Total inventories	5,034	4,916
Non-current Assets:
Finished goods	46	115
Total	$ 5,080	$ 5,031

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Intangible Assets (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2017	Apr. 30, 2016	Apr. 30, 2017	Apr. 30, 2016
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Estimated amortization expense	$ 4,074,000		$ 4,074,000
Capitalized software development costs during period	181,000	$ 196,000	341,000	$ 366,000
Total amortization expense	37,000	60,000	79,000	118,000
Intangible assets [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Total amortization expense	35,000	92,000	$ 76,000	162,000
Software [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Intangible assets, useful lives			5 years
Estimated amortization expense	246,000		$ 246,000
Amortization expense in cost of equipment, supplies and accessories	32,000	$ 25,000	66,000	$ 37,000
Developed Technology [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Estimated amortization expense	$ 86,000		$ 86,000
Maximum [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Intangible assets, useful lives			10 years
Maximum [Member] | Software [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Intangible assets, useful lives			10 years
Maximum [Member] | Capitalized software [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Intangible assets, useful lives			10 years
Minimum [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Intangible assets, useful lives			5 years

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Intangible Assets (Schedule of Intangible Assets) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Apr. 30, 2017	Oct. 31, 2016
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Intangible assets, gross	$ 12,456	$ 12,119
Less: accumulated amortization	(8,050)	(7,908)
Intangible assets, net	4,406	4,211
Developed Technology [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Intangible assets, gross	7,802	7,802
Customer And Distributor Relationships [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Intangible assets, gross	371	373
Trademarks And Trade Names [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Intangible assets, gross	252	254
Software [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Intangible assets, gross	891	849
Capitalized Software In Progress [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Intangible assets, gross	$ 3,140	$ 2,841

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Intangible Assets (Schedule of Expected Amortization Expense) (Details) $ in Thousands	Apr. 30, 2017 USD ($)
Intangible Assets [Abstract]
Six months ending October 31, 2017	$ 226
2018	575
2019	533
2020	510
2021	445
2022	374
Thereafter	1,411
Future amortization expense	$ 4,074

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Warranty Reserve (Schedule of Warranty Provisions and Claims) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	6 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2017	Apr. 30, 2016
Warranty Reserve [Abstract]
Warranty extension period	12 months
Balance, beginning of period	$ 151	$ 147
Warranty provision based on units sold	104	137
Periodic reserve adjustments	5	(50)
Warranty claims	(138)	(123)
Balance, end of period	$ 122	$ 111

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Financing Arrangements (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($)	6 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2017	Jul. 24, 2014
Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Credit facility borrowing capacity		$ 250,000
Term Loan [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt face amount at time of issuance		$ 4,000,000.0
Principal installments	$ 66,667
Initial debt term	5 years

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Net Income (Loss) per Share (Narrative) (Details) - shares	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2016	Apr. 30, 2016	Apr. 30, 2017
Net Income (Loss) per Share [Abstract]
Unexpired options for the purchase of common shares and unvested restricted awards	451,972	451,972	513,455
Shares excluded as anti-dilutive	432,576	432,576

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Net Income (Loss) per Share (Schedule of Shares Used in Income per Share Computations) (Details) - shares shares in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2017	Apr. 30, 2016	Apr. 30, 2017	Apr. 30, 2016
Net Income (Loss) per Share [Abstract]
Weighted average common shares outstanding - basic	4,381	4,306	4,361	4,293
Dilutive effect of stock options, warrants and unvested restricted shares		13		17
Weighted average common shares outstanding - diluted	4,381	4,319	4,361	4,310

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Income Taxes (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2017	Apr. 30, 2016	Apr. 30, 2017	Apr. 30, 2016	Oct. 31, 2016
Income Taxes Details [Line Items]
Income tax expense (benefit)	$ 187,000	$ 125,000	$ 188,000	$ 187,000
Income (loss) before taxes	161,000	170,000	(78,000)	228,000
Consolidated pre-tax income, excluding the Medisot Belgium S.P.R.L. loss			$ 157,000
Effective income tax rate			119.80%
General business credit carry forwards	461,000		$ 461,000
Alternative minimum tax credit carry forwards	266,000		266,000
Effective tax rate, lower	61,000		61,000
Effective tax rate, no impact	34,000		34,000
Reserve for uncertain tax positions	95,000		95,000		$ 92,000
Income tax deductions					2,800,000
Excess tax benefit			0	0
Federal [Member]
Income Taxes Details [Line Items]
Domestic income tax benefit			$ 135,000
Effective tax rate (as a percentage)			45.20%
Valuation allowance					1,951,000
NOL carry forward					6,500,000
Foreign [Member]
Income Taxes Details [Line Items]
Valuation allowance					772,000
NOL carry forward					$ 4,800,000
Mgc Diagnostics Belgium S.p.r.l. [Member]
Income Taxes Details [Line Items]
Income (loss) before taxes	140,000	$ 104,000	$ 234,000	$ 192,000
Medisoft SA Medisoft RAM Italia Srl [Member]
Income Taxes Details [Line Items]
Deferred tax assets, tax expense	$ 53,000		$ 53,000

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Segment Reporting (Schedule of Net Sales by Geographic Area) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2017	Apr. 30, 2016	Apr. 30, 2017	Apr. 30, 2016	Oct. 31, 2016
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Total revenues	$ 9,819	$ 9,431	$ 18,559	$ 18,682
Long-lived assets	9,506		9,506		$ 9,625
United States [Member]
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Total revenues	7,134	7,119	13,415	14,119
Long-lived assets	6,918		6,918		6,829
Americas [Member]
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Total revenues	490	222	936	403
Europe [Member]
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Long-lived assets	2,588		2,588		$ 2,796
Europe, Middle East, Africa [Member]
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Total revenues	1,785	1,574	3,342	3,146
Asia Pacific [Member]
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Total revenues	$ 410	$ 516	$ 866	$ 1,014

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Litigation (Narrative) (Details)	1 Months Ended					3 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Nov. 30, 2015 EUR (€)	Nov. 30, 2015 USD ($)	May 31, 2015 EUR (€)	May 31, 2015 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Apr. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Apr. 30, 2017 USD ($)
Gain (Loss) Contingencies [Line Items]
Inventory						$ 4,916,000		$ 5,034,000
Other noncurrent assets						139,000		54,000
MGC Diagnostics Corporation v. Mr. Guy Martinot and Dr. Jean-Benoit Martinot [Member]
Gain (Loss) Contingencies [Line Items]
Damages sought by Company		€ 985,400	$ 1,084,000
Payment received				€ 406,700	$ 447,000
NeuroVirtual USA, Inc. v. MGC Diagnostics Corporation [Member]
Gain (Loss) Contingencies [Line Items]
Payment received	$ 650,000
Loss on legal settlement, including legal fees							$ 650,000
Loss on impairment of inventory						$ 354,000
Inventory								68,000
Other noncurrent assets								$ 46,000

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Subsequent Event (Narrative) (Details) - Subsequent Event [Member]	May 01, 2017 USD ($)
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Lease extension period	1 year
Annual lease commitment	$ 338,000