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Revenue Recognition (Details Textual) (License Agreement [Member], USD $)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Deferred Revenue Arrangement [Line Items]    
Deferred Revenue $ 470,000us-gaap_DeferredRevenue $ 254,000us-gaap_DeferredRevenue
Bellco [Member]
   
Deferred Revenue Arrangement [Line Items]    
Revenue recognized 17,000us-gaap_DeferredRevenueRevenueRecognized
/ us-gaap_DeferredRevenueArrangementTypeAxis
= us-gaap_NonsoftwareLicenseArrangementMember
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= neph_BellcoMember
 
Deferred Revenue $ 2,606,000us-gaap_DeferredRevenue
/ us-gaap_DeferredRevenueArrangementTypeAxis
= us-gaap_NonsoftwareLicenseArrangementMember
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= neph_BellcoMember
 
Deferred Revenue, Description Approximately $52,000 of revenue will be recognized in the remaining nine months of fiscal year 2015 and approximately $69,000 of revenue will be recognized in each of the years ended December 31, 2016 through 2021.