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

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Revenue (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		12 Months Ended
Revenue (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 21, 2017	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
CONCENTRATION
Warrants issued in connection with debt arrangement		$ 0	$ 207	$ 190
Carticel and MACI \| Customer concentration \| Revenue Concentration
CONCENTRATION
Concentration risk		16.00%	35.00%	31.00%
Carticel and MACI \| Customer concentration \| Accounts Receivable Concentration
CONCENTRATION
Concentration risk		2.00%	46.00%
Epicel \| Customer concentration \| Revenue Concentration
CONCENTRATION
Concentration risk		7.00%	10.00%	11.00%
Epicel \| Customer concentration \| Accounts Receivable Concentration
CONCENTRATION
Concentration risk		4.00%	3.00%
Potential Payment
CONCENTRATION
Other Commitment		$ 1,300	$ 1,200
ICT
CONCENTRATION
License Agreement, Initial Payment	$ 5,200
ICT \| Potential Payment
CONCENTRATION
Other Commitment	1,200
December 21, 2017 Warrants \| ICT
CONCENTRATION
Warrants issued in connection with debt arrangement	$ 4,000