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Expected gross proceeds from financing to pay contingent consideration payable.

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Percentage of securities consideration.

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Number of shares of equity interests issued or issuable to acquire entity.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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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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This element represents acquisition-related costs incurred to effect a business combination which costs have been expensed during the period. Such costs include finder's fees; advisory, legal, accounting, valuation, and other professional or consulting fees; general administrative costs, including the costs of maintaining an internal acquisitions department; and may include costs of registering and issuing debt and equity securities.

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Amount of liability recognized arising from contingent consideration in a business combination.

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Percentage of equity in the acquiree held by the acquirer immediately before the acquisition date in a business combination.

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Useful life of finite-lived intangible assets, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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The cash outflow associated with the acquisition of business during the period. The cash portion only of the acquisition price.

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Acquisition of ALF-X Surgical Robotic System - Additional Information (Detail) shares in Thousands		3 Months Ended
	Sep. 21, 2015 USD ($) shares	Mar. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Sep. 21, 2015 EUR (€)
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Securities consideration held in escrow percentage	10.00%
Escrow and security interest period	24 months
Intellectual property, net		$ 46,892,000	$ 46,898,000
Minimum [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Amortization period		7 years
Maximum [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Amortization period		10 years
ALF-X Surgical Robotic System Acquisition [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Common shares issued \| shares	15,543
Cash consideration	$ 25,000,000
Acquisition agreement, description		The Lock-up Agreement provides that SOFAR may sell, transfer or convey (i) no more than 50% of the Securities Consideration during the period commencing on the one-year anniversary of the Closing Date and ending on the eighteen-month anniversary of the Closing Date; and (ii) no more than 75% of the Securities Consideration during the period commencing on the eighteen-month anniversary of the Closing Date and ending on the two-year anniversary of the Closing Date.
Intellectual property, net	$ 48,500,000
Amortization period	7 years
ALF-X Surgical Robotic System Acquisition [Member] \| Maximum [Member] \| Ending on Eighteen Month Anniversary [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Percentage of securities consideration	50.00%
ALF-X Surgical Robotic System Acquisition [Member] \| Maximum [Member] \| Ending on Two Year Anniversary [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Percentage of securities consideration	75.00%
ALF-X Surgical Robotic System Acquisition [Member] \| U.S. Dollars [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash consideration	$ 25,000,000
ALF-X Surgical Robotic System Acquisition [Member] \| Euro [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash consideration payable \| €				€ 27,500,000
ALF-X Surgical Robotic System Acquisition [Member] \| First Tranche [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash consideration	25,000,000
ALF-X Surgical Robotic System Acquisition [Member] \| Second Tranche [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash consideration payable \| €				€ 10,000,000
Gross proceeds from financing	$ 50,000,000
Interest rate	9.00%			9.00%
ALF-X Surgical Robotic System Acquisition [Member] \| Second Tranche [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash on hand	$ 50,000,000
ALF-X Surgical Robotic System Acquisition [Member] \| Third Tranche [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash consideration payable \| €				€ 15,000,000
ALF-X Surgical Robotic System Acquisition [Member] \| Third Tranche [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Target revenue to be achieved \| €				25,000,000
ALF-X Surgical Robotic System Acquisition [Member] \| Fourth Tranche [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash consideration payable \| €				€ 2,500,000
TransEnterix Italia [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Membership interests percentage under Security agreement	10.00%			10.00%
Legal, consulting and other costs related to acquisition		$ 4,200,000