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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
Accounting Policies [Abstract]  
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Basis of Presentation
The accompanying Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”) and include the accounts of the Company and its direct and indirect wholly owned subsidiaries, SafeStitch LLC, TransEnterix Surgical, Inc., TransEnterix International, Inc., TransEnterix Italia S.r.l., TransEnterix Europe S.à.R.L; TransEnterix Asia Pte. Ltd.; TransEnterix Taiwan Ltd.; TransEnterix Japan KK; TransEnterix Israel Ltd. and TransEnterix Netherlands B.V. All material inter-company accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
On December 11, 2019, following receipt of approval from stockholders at a special meeting of stockholders held on the same day, the Company filed an amendment to our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to effect a reverse stock split of the Company’s common stock at a ratio of one-for-thirteen, or the Reverse Stock Split. The Company’s common stock began trading on a split-adjusted basis on NYSE American on the morning of December 12, 2019. No fractional shares were issued in connection with the Reverse Stock Split. Instead, the Company rounded up each fractional share resulting from the reverse stock split to the nearest whole share. As a result of the Reverse Stock Split, the Company’s outstanding common stock decreased from approximately 261.9 million shares to approximately 20.2 million shares (without giving effect to the rounding up for each fractional share).
Unless otherwise noted, all share and per share data referenced in the consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto have been retroactively adjusted to reflect the Reverse Stock Split. As a result of the Reverse Stock Split, certain amounts in the consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto may be slightly different than previously reported due to rounding of fractional shares, and certain amounts within the consolidated balance sheets were reclassified between common stock and additional paid-in capital.
Going Concern
The Company's consolidated financial statements are prepared using U.S. GAAP applicable to a going concern, which contemplate the realization of assets and liquidation of liabilities in the normal course of business. The Company had an accumulated deficit of $663.6 million as of December 31, 2019, and has working capital of $14.9 million as of December 31, 2019. The Company has not established sufficient sales revenues to cover its operating costs and requires additional capital to proceed with its operating plan. The ability of the Company to continue as a going concern is dependent on the Company obtaining adequate capital to fund operating losses until it becomes profitable. In order to continue as a going concern, the Company will need, among other things, additional capital resources.

Traditionally, the Company has raised additional capital through equity offerings. Management's plan to obtain such resources for the Company may include additional sales of equity, traditional financing, such as loans, entry into a strategic collaboration, entry into an out-licensing arrangement or provision of additional distribution rights in some or all of our markets. In addition, the Company may consider fundamental business combination transactions. If the Company is unable to obtain adequate capital through one of these methods, or if expected capital from existing agreements is not received when due, or at all, it would need to reduce its sales and marketing and administrative expenses and delay research and development projects, including the purchase of equipment and supplies, until it is able to obtain sufficient funds. If such sufficient funds are not received on a timely basis, the
Company would then need to pursue a plan to license or sell its assets, seek to be acquired by another entity, cease operations and/or seek bankruptcy protection. However, management cannot provide any assurance that the Company will be successful in accomplishing any or all of its plans. The ability to successfully resolve these factors raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to meet its existing obligations, and to continue as a going concern within one year from the date that these financial statements are issued. The consolidated financial statements of the Company do not include any adjustments that may result from the outcome of these aforementioned uncertainties.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Significant items subject to such estimates and assumptions include identifiable intangible assets and goodwill, contingent consideration, warrant liabilities, stock compensation expense, revenue recognition, accounts receivable reserves, excess and obsolete inventory reserves, inventory classification between current and non-current, and deferred tax asset valuation allowances.
Cash and Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash
The Company considers all highly liquid investments with original maturities of 90 days or less at the time of purchase to be cash equivalents.
Restricted cash at December 31, 2019 and 2018 includes $1.0 million and $0.6 million, respectively, in cash accounts held as collateral primarily under the terms of an office operating lease, credit cards, automobile leases, and a performance guarantee required by the government of a country in which a Senhance System was sold in 2018.
Short-term Investments
Short-term investments are considered to be “held-to-maturity” and are carried at amortized cost using the effective interest method. As of December 31, 2018, short-term investments consisted of $51.8 million in U.S. government securities, all of which matured in less than a year. There were no short-term investments as of December 31, 2019.
The Company reassesses the appropriateness of the classification of its investments at the end of each reporting period. The Company determined that its debt securities should be classified as held-to-maturity as of December 31, 2018. The Company had no debt securities as of December 31, 2019. This classification as of December 31, 2018 was based upon management’s determination that it has the positive intent and ability to hold the securities until their maturity dates, as the investments mature within six months and the underlying cash invested in these securities is not required prior to the investments maturity. Due to the short-term maturities of these instruments, the amortized cost approximated the related fair values, which was based on level 1 inputs as defined in Note 5. As of December 31, 2018, the gross holding gains and losses were immaterial.
The Company reviews its short-term investments for other-than-temporary impairment if the cost exceeds the fair value. No such impairment was recorded during the years ended December 31, 2019 or 2018.
Concentrations and Credit Risk
The Company’s principal financial instruments subject to potential concentration of credit risk are cash and cash equivalents, including amounts held in money market accounts. The Company places cash deposits with a federally insured financial institution. The Company maintains its cash at banks and financial institutions it considers to be of high credit quality; however, the Company’s domestic cash deposits may at times exceed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation’s insured limit. Balances in excess of federally insured limitations may not be insured. The Company has not experienced losses on these accounts, and management believes that the Company is not exposed to significant risks on such accounts.
The Company’s accounts receivable are derived from sales to customers located throughout the world. The Company evaluates its customers’ financial condition and, generally, requires no collateral from its customers. The Company provides reserves for potential credit losses and recorded a bad debt charge totaling $1.6 million during the year ended December 31, 2019. The Company had eight customers who constituted 85% of the Company’s net accounts receivable at December 31, 2019. The Company had five customers who constituted 89% of the Company’s net accounts receivable at December 31, 2018. The Company had six customers who accounted for 82% of sales in 2019 and twelve customers who accounted for 89% of sales in 2018.
Accounts Receivable
Accounts receivable are recorded at net realizable value, which includes an allowance for estimated uncollectible accounts. The allowance for uncollectible accounts was determined on a customer specific basis based on deemed collectability.
Inventories
Inventories are stated at the lower of cost (determined on a first-in, first-out basis) or net realizable value. Inventory costs include direct materials, direct labor, and normal manufacturing overhead. The Company records reserves, when necessary, to reduce the carrying value of inventory to its net realizable value. Management considers forecast demand in relation to the inventory on hand, competitiveness of product offerings, market conditions and product life cycles when determining excess and obsolescence and net realizable value adjustments. At the point of loss recognition, a new, lower-cost basis for that inventory is established, and any subsequent improvements in facts and circumstances do not result in the restoration or increase in that newly established cost basis.
Any inventory on hand at the measurement date in excess of the Company's current requirements based on anticipated levels of sales is classified as long-term on the Company's consolidated balance sheets. The Company's classification of long-term inventory requires it to estimate the portion of on hand inventory that can be realized over the upcoming twelve months.
Identifiable Intangible Assets and Goodwill
Identifiable intangible assets are recorded at cost, or when acquired as part of a business acquisition, at estimated fair value. Certain intangible assets are amortized over 5 to 10 years. Similar to tangible personal property and equipment, the Company periodically evaluates identifiable intangible assets for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount may not be recoverable.
Intellectual property consists of purchased patent rights and developed technology acquired as part of a business acquisition. Amortization of the patent rights is recorded using the straight-line method over the estimated useful life of the patents of 10 years. Amortization of the developed technology is recorded using the straight-line method over the estimated useful life of 5 to 7 years.
The Company continues to operate in one segment, which is considered to be the sole reporting unit and therefore, goodwill is tested for impairment at the enterprise level. Indefinite-lived intangible assets, such as goodwill, are not amortized.

The Company typically tests goodwill for impairment annually, however, market conditions as well as reduced forecasts required that the Company test its goodwill carrying value as of September 30, 2019.

Subsequent to the adoption of Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") 2017-04 Intangibles - Goodwill and Other (Topic 350): Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment , a company must record a goodwill impairment charge if a reporting unit’s carrying value exceeds its fair value. The Company generally determines the fair value of its reporting unit using two valuation methods: the “Income Approach — Discounted Cash Flow Analysis” method, and the “Market Approach — Guideline Public Company Method.”

Under the “Income Approach — Discounted Cash Flow Analysis” method the key assumptions consider projected sales, cost of sales, and operating expenses. These assumptions were determined by management utilizing the Company's internal operating plan, growth rates for revenues and operating expenses, and margin assumptions. An additional key assumption under this approach is the discount rate, which is determined by looking at current risk-free rates of capital, current market interest rates, and the evaluation of risk premium relevant to the business segment. If the Company's assumptions relative to growth rates were to change or were incorrect, the fair value calculation may change.

Under the “Market Approach — Guideline Public Company Method” the Company identified several publicly traded companies, which it believed had sufficiently relevant similarities. Similar to the income approach discussed above, sales, cost of sales, operating expenses, and their respective growth rates are key assumptions utilized. The market prices of the Company’s common stock and other guideline companies are additional key assumptions. If these market prices increase, the estimated market value would increase. If the market prices decrease, the estimated market value would decrease.

The results of these two methods were weighted based upon management’s evaluation of the relevance of the two approaches. In the 2019 evaluation, management determined that the income and market value approach should be weighted 50%-50%. In addition, management considered the decline in both the Company's stock price and market capitalization after the September 30, 2019 measurement date as relevant factors in the analysis.

The Company also performed a recoverability test on the intellectual property and concluded that there was no impairment as of September 30, 2019 or December 31, 2019.
During the third quarter of 2019, the Company determined that the goodwill associated with the business was impaired, and recorded impairment charges of $79.0 million. The impairment charge resulted from decreased sales and estimated cash flows and a significant decline in the Company's stock price. The Company also recognized a $7.9 million impairment charge to its IPR&D as it concluded that under the market value approach, the fair value of the IPR&D was lower than the carrying value.
No impairment existed at December 31, 2018.
In-Process Research and Development
In-process research and development (“IPR&D”) assets represent the fair value assigned to technologies that were acquired, which at the time of acquisition have not reached technological feasibility and have no alternative future use. IPR&D assets are considered to be indefinite-lived until the completion or abandonment of the associated research and development projects. During the period that the IPR&D assets are considered indefinite-lived, they are tested for impairment on an annual basis, or more frequently if the Company becomes aware of any events occurring or changes in circumstances that indicate that the fair value of the IPR&D assets are less than their carrying amounts. If and when development is complete, which generally occurs upon regulatory approval, and the Company is able to commercialize products associated with the IPR&D assets, these assets are then deemed definite-lived and are amortized based on their estimated useful lives at that point in time. If development is terminated or abandoned, the Company may have a full or partial impairment charge related to the IPR&D assets, calculated as the excess of carrying value of the IPR&D assets over fair value.
The IPR&D for the Senhance System was acquired on September 21, 2015. On October 13, 2017, upon receiving FDA clearance and the ability to commercialize the products associated with the IPR&D assets, the assets were deemed definite-lived, reclassified to intellectual property and are now amortized based on their estimated useful lives.
The IPR&D from MST was acquired on October 31, 2018.
The Company performed an impairment test of its IPR&D at the end of the third quarter 2019 as recent events and changes in market conditions indicated that the asset might be impaired.
The impairment test consisted of a comparison of the fair value of the IPR&D with its carrying amount. If the carrying amount of the IPR&D exceeds its fair value, an impairment loss is recognized in an amount equal to that excess.
Significant judgment is applied when testing for impairment. This judgment includes developing cash flow projections, selecting appropriate discount rates, identifying relevant market comparables, and incorporating general economic and market conditions.
During the third quarter of 2019, the Company concluded that the fair value determined by the market value approach, was lower than the carrying value. As a result, the Company recognized a $7.9 million impairment charge to its IPR&D. The company performed its annual impairment assessment at December 31, 2019 and no additional impairment was required.
Property and Equipment
Property and equipment consists primarily of machinery, manufacturing equipment, demonstration equipment, computer equipment, furniture, and leasehold improvements, which are recorded at cost.
Depreciation is recorded using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets as follows:
Machinery, manufacturing and demonstration equipment
3-5 years
Computer equipment
3 years
Furniture
5 years
Leasehold improvements
Lesser of lease term or 3 to 10 years
Upon retirement or sale, the cost of assets disposed of and the related accumulated depreciation and amortization are removed from the accounts and any resulting gain or loss is credited or charged to operations. Repairs and maintenance costs are expensed as incurred.
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets
The Company reviews its long-lived assets for possible impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of the assets may not be fully recoverable. To determine the recoverability of its long-lived assets, the Company
evaluates the probability that future estimated undiscounted net cash flows will be less than the carrying amount of the assets. If such estimated cash flows are less than the carrying amount of the long-lived assets, then such assets are written down to their fair value. The Company’s estimates of anticipated cash flows and the remaining estimated useful lives of long-lived assets could be reduced in the future, resulting in a reduction to the carrying amount of long-lived assets.
Contingent Consideration
Contingent consideration is recorded as a liability and is the estimate of the fair value of potential milestone payments related to business acquisitions. Contingent consideration is measured at fair value using a discounted cash flow model utilizing significant unobservable inputs including the probability of achieving each of the potential milestones, future Euro-to-USD exchange rates, and an estimated discount rate associated with the risks of the expected cash flows attributable to the various milestones. Significant increases or decreases in any of the probabilities of success or changes in expected achievement of any of these milestones would result in a significantly higher or lower fair value of these milestones, respectively, and commensurate changes to the associated liability. The contingent consideration is revalued at each reporting period and changes in fair value are recognized in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss.
Warrant Liabilities
The Company’s Series B Warrants (see Note 16) are measured at fair value using a simulation model which takes into account, as of the valuation date, factors including the current exercise price, the expected life of the warrant, the current price of the underlying stock, its expected volatility, holding cost and the risk-free interest rate for the term of the warrant (see Note 5). The warrant liability is revalued at each reporting period and changes in fair value are recognized in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss. The selection of the appropriate valuation model and the inputs and assumptions that are required to determine the valuation requires significant judgment and requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amount of the related liability and reported amounts of the change in fair value. Actual results could differ from those estimates, and changes in these estimates are recorded when known. As the warrant liability is required to be measured at fair value at each reporting date, it is reasonably possible that these estimates and assumptions could change in the near term.
Translation of Foreign Currencies
The functional currency of the Company’s operational foreign subsidiaries is predominantly the Euro. The assets and liabilities of the Company’s foreign subsidiaries are translated into U.S. dollars at exchange rates in effect at the balance sheet date. Income and expense items are translated at the average exchange rates prevailing during the period. The cumulative translation effect for a subsidiary using a functional currency other than the U.S. dollar is included in accumulated other comprehensive income or loss as a separate component of stockholders’ equity.
The Company’s intercompany accounts are denominated in the functional currency of the foreign subsidiary. Gains and losses resulting from the remeasurement of intercompany receivables that the Company considers to be of a long-term investment nature are recorded as a cumulative translation adjustment in accumulated other comprehensive income or loss as a separate component of stockholders’ equity, while gains and losses resulting from the remeasurement of intercompany receivables from a foreign subsidiary for which the Company anticipates settlement in the foreseeable future are recorded in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss. The net gains and losses included in net loss in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018 were not significant.
Business Acquisitions
Business acquisitions are accounted for using the acquisition method of accounting in accordance with ASC 805, “Business Combinations.” ASC 805 requires, among other things, that assets acquired and liabilities assumed be recognized at their fair values, as determined in accordance with ASC 820, “Fair Value Measurements,” as of the acquisition date. For certain assets and liabilities, book value approximates fair value. In addition, ASC 805 establishes that consideration transferred be measured at the closing date of the acquisition at the then-current market price. Under ASC 805, acquisition-related costs (i.e., advisory, legal, valuation and other professional fees) and certain acquisition-related restructuring charges impacting the target company are expensed in the period in which the costs are incurred. The application of the acquisition method of accounting requires the Company to make estimates and assumptions related to the estimated fair values of net assets acquired.
Significant judgments are used during this process, particularly with respect to intangible assets. Therefore, the purchase price allocation to intangible assets and goodwill has a significant impact on future operating results.
Risk and Uncertainties
The Company is subject to a number of risks similar to other similarly-sized companies in the medical device industry. These risks include, without limitation, the Company's ability to continue as a going concern, the historical lack of profitability; the Company’s ability to raise additional capital; the liquidity and capital resources of its partners; its ability to successfully develop, clinically test and commercialize its products; the timing and outcome of the regulatory review process for its products; changes in the health care and regulatory environments of the United States, the European Union, Japan, Taiwan and other countries in which the Company operates or intends to operate; its ability to attract and retain key management, marketing and scientific personnel; its ability to successfully prepare, file, prosecute, maintain, defend and enforce patent claims and other intellectual property rights; its ability to successfully transition from a research and development company to a marketing, sales and distribution concern; competition in the market for robotic surgical devices; and its ability to identify and pursue development of additional products.
Revenue Recognition
The Company adopted ASC Topic 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (the “New Revenue Standard”), on January 1, 2018. The Company’s revenue consists of product revenue resulting from the sale of systems, system components, instruments and accessories, and service revenue. The Company accounts for a contract with a customer when there is a legally enforceable contract between the Company and the customer, the rights of the parties are identified, the contract has commercial substance, and collectability of the contract consideration is probable. The Company's revenues are measured based on consideration specified in the contract with each customer, net of any sales incentives and taxes collected from customers that are remitted to government authorities.
The Company's system sale arrangements generally contain multiple products and services. For these bundled sale arrangements, the Company accounts for individual products and services as separate performance obligations if they are distinct, which is if a product or service is separately identifiable from other items in the bundled package, and if a customer can benefit from it on its own or with other resources that are readily available to the customer. The Company’s system sale arrangements include a combination of the following performance obligations: system(s), system components, instruments, accessories, and system service. The Company’s system sale arrangements generally include a five years period of service. The first year of service is generally free and included in the system sale arrangement and the remaining four years are generally included at a stated service price. The Company considers the service terms in the arrangements that are legally enforceable to be performance obligations. Other than service, the Company generally satisfies all of the performance obligations up-front. System components, system accessories, instruments, accessories, and service are also sold on a standalone basis.
The Company recognizes revenues as the performance obligations are satisfied by transferring control of the product or service to a customer. The Company generally recognizes revenue for the performance obligations as follows:
System sales. For systems and system components sold directly to end customers, revenue is recognized when the Company transfers control to the customer, which is generally at the point when acceptance occurs that indicates customer acknowledgment of delivery or installation, depending on the terms of the arrangement. For systems sold through distributors, for which distributors are responsible for installation, revenue is recognized generally at the time of shipment. The Company’s system arrangements generally do not provide a right of return. The systems are generally covered by a one-year warranty. Warranty costs were not material for the periods presented.
Instruments and accessories. Revenue from sales of instruments and accessories is recognized when control is transferred to the customers, which generally occurs at the time of shipment, but also occurs at the time of delivery depending on the customer arrangement. Accessory products include sterile drapes used to help ensure a sterile field during surgery, vision products such as replacement endoscopes, camera heads, light guides, and other items that facilitate use of the Senhance System.
Service. Service revenue is recognized ratably over the term of the service period as the customers benefit from the service throughout the service period. Revenue related to services performed on a time-and-materials basis is recognized when performed.
For multiple-element arrangements, revenue is allocated to each performance obligation based on its relative standalone selling price. Standalone selling prices are based on observable prices at which the Company separately sells the products or services. Due to limited sales to date, standalone selling prices are not directly observable. The Company estimates the standalone selling price using the market assessment approach considering market conditions and entity-specific factors including, but not limited to, features and functionality of the products and services, geographies, type of customer, and market conditions. The Company regularly reviews standalone selling prices and updates these estimates if necessary.
The following table presents revenue disaggregated by type and geography:
 
Year Ended
December 31,
 
2019
 
2018
 
(in thousands)
U.S.
 
 
 
Systems
$
90

 
$
2,556

Instruments and accessories
108

 
967

Services
338

 
255

Total U.S. revenue
536

 
3,778

 
 
 
 
Outside of U.S. ("OUS")
 
 
 
Systems
5,459

 
16,193

Instruments and accessories
1,447

 
3,552

Services
1,089

 
579

Total OUS revenue
7,995

 
20,324

 
 
 
 
Total
 
 
 
Systems
5,549

 
18,749

Instruments and accessories
1,555

 
4,519

Services
1,427

 
834

Total revenue
$
8,531

 
$
24,102

The Company recognizes sales by geographic area based on the country in which the customer is based.
Transaction price allocated to remaining performance obligations relates to amounts allocated to products and services for which the revenue has not yet been recognized. A significant portion of this amount relates to service obligations performed under the Company's system sales contracts that will be invoiced and recognized as revenue in future periods. Transaction price allocated to remaining performance obligations was approximately $3.7 million as of December 31, 2019.
The Company invoices its customers based on the billing schedules in its sales arrangements. Contract assets for the periods presented primarily represent the difference between the revenue that was recognized based on the relative selling price of the related performance obligations and the contractual billing terms in the arrangements. Contract assets are included in accounts receivable and totaled $0.2 million and $0.2 million as of December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively. Deferred revenue for the periods presented was primarily related to service obligations, for which the service fees are billed up-front, generally annually. The associated deferred revenue is generally recognized ratably over the service period. The Company did not have any significant impairment losses on its contract assets for the periods presented. Revenue recognized from deferred revenue attributable to warranty and maintenance agreements totaled $1.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2019. The Company also recognized $1.3 million during the year ended December 31, 2019, half of which was deferred at December 31, 2018, related to a 2017 system sale where revenue was deferred until its first clinical use, which occurred in the second quarter of 2019. Revenue recognized from deferred revenue for the year ended December 31, 2018 totaled $0.4 million.
In connection with assets recognized from the costs to obtain a contract with a customer, the Company determined that the sales incentive programs for its sales team do not meet the requirements to be capitalized as the Company does not expect to generate future economic benefits from the related revenue from the initial sales transaction. 
Cost of Revenue
Cost of revenue consists of contract manufacturing, materials, labor and manufacturing overhead incurred internally to produce the products. Shipping and handling costs incurred by the Company are included in cost of revenue. During the year ended December 31, 2019, the Company recorded a $7.4 million inventory write-down as part of a restructuring plan and a $1.5 million charge for inventory obsolescence related to certain system components.
Research and Development Costs
Research and development expenses primarily consist of engineering, product development and regulatory expenses, incurred in the design, development, testing and enhancement of our products. Research and development costs are expensed as incurred.
Reversal of Transfer Fee Accrual
In connection with the Senhance acquisition, the Company recorded an accrual of $3.0 million in the 2015 third quarter for the potential assessment of additional transfer fees that could be assessed during a three year period. In September 2018, the Company determined that the accrual was no longer required and reversed the accrual.
Stock-Based Compensation
The Company follows ASC 718 “Stock Compensation”, which provides guidance in accounting for share-based awards exchanged for services rendered and requires companies to expense the estimated fair value of these awards over the requisite service period.
The Company recognizes compensation expense for stock-based awards based on estimated fair values on the date of grant for awards. The Company uses the Black-Scholes-Merton option pricing model to determine the fair value of stock options. The fair value of restricted stock units is determined by the market price of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant. The expense associated with stock-based compensation is recognized on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period of each award.
The Company records as expense the fair value of stock-based compensation awards, including stock options and restricted stock units. Compensation expense for stock-based compensation was approximately $11,508,000 and $9,039,000 for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.
Income Taxes
The Company accounts for income taxes using the asset and liability method, which requires the recognition of deferred tax assets or liabilities for the temporary differences between financial reporting and tax basis of the Company’s assets and liabilities, and for tax carryforwards at enacted statutory rates in effect for the years in which the asset or liability is expected to be realized. The effect on deferred taxes of a change in tax rates is recognized in income during the period that includes the enactment date. In addition, valuation allowances are established when necessary to reduce deferred tax assets and liabilities to the amounts expected to be realized.
On December 22, 2017, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“Tax Legislation”) was enacted into law, which reduced the U.S. federal corporate income tax rate to 21% for tax years beginning after December 31, 2018. As a result of the newly enacted tax rate, the Company adjusted its U.S. deferred tax assets as of December 31, 2018, by applying the new 21% rate, which resulted in a decrease to the deferred tax assets and a corresponding decrease to the valuation allowance of approximately $36.1 million, resulting in no impact to the consolidated statement of operations and comprehensive loss.
The Tax Legislation also implements a territorial tax system. Under the territorial tax system, in general, the Company's foreign earnings will no longer be subject to tax in the U.S. As part of transition to the territorial tax system the Tax Legislation includes a mandatory deemed repatriation of all undistributed foreign earnings that are subject to a U.S. income tax. The Company has determined that the deemed repatriation applicable to the year ended December 31, 2018 did not result in an additional U.S. income tax liability as it has no undistributed foreign earnings.
The FASB Staff Q&A, Topic 740, No. 5, Accounting for Global Intangible Low-Taxed Income (“GILTI”), states that an entity can make an accounting policy election to either recognize deferred taxes for temporary basis differences expected to reverse as GILTI in future years or to provide for the tax expense related to GILTI in the year the tax is incurred as a period expense only. The Company has elected to account for GILTI as a period expense in the year the tax is incurred.
In a referendum held on May, 19 2019, Swiss voters adopted the Federal Act on Tax Reform and AVS Financing (TRAF). TRAF introduces major changes in the Swiss tax system by abolishing certain current preferential tax regimes and replacing them with new measures that are in line with international standards. The referendum did not have a material impact on the Company’s 2019 tax provision. The Company will continue to evaluate the impact of these provisions in future periods as the enactment process in completed.
Comprehensive Loss
Comprehensive loss is defined as the change in equity of a business enterprise during a period from transactions and other events and circumstances from non-owner sources.
Segments
The Company operates in one business segment—the research, development and sale of medical device robotics to improve minimally invasive surgery. The Company’s chief operating decision maker (determined to be the Chief Executive Officer) does not manage any part of the Company separately, and the allocation of resources and assessment of performance are based on the
Company’s consolidated operating results. Approximately 19% and 54% of the Company’s total consolidated assets are located within the U.S. as of December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively. The remaining assets are mostly located in Europe and are primarily related to the Company’s facility in Italy, and include goodwill (as of December 2018 only), intellectual property, in-process research and development, other current assets, property and equipment, cash, accounts receivable, other long-term assets and inventory of $60.5 million and $111.0 million at December 31, 2019 and 2018. Total assets outside of the U.S. excluding goodwill amounted to 81% and 34% of total consolidated assets at December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively. The Company recognizes sales by geographic area based on the country in which the customer is based. For the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, 6% and 16%, respectively, of net revenue were generated in the United States; 39% and 78% were generated in Europe; and 55% and 6% were generated in Asia.
Impact of Recently Issued Accounting Standards
In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-13, Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820): Disclosure Framework—Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement. This ASU eliminates, adds and modifies certain disclosure requirements for fair value measurements as part of its disclosure framework project. The standard is effective for all entities for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, and interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is permitted. The adoption of this ASU should not have a material impact on the consolidated financial statements.
In June 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-07, Compensation-Stock Compensation (Topic 718), Improvements to Nonemployee Share-based Payments. This ASU expands the scope of Topic 718 to include share-based payment transactions for acquiring goods and services from non-employees. The Company adopted ASU 2018-07 on January 1, 2019, whereby the accounting for share-based payments for non-employees and employees will be substantially the same. With the adoption of ASU 2018-07, the Company recorded a charge to accumulated deficit of $7 thousand.
In July 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-11, Earnings Per Share (Topic 260); Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity (Topic 480); Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815): (Part I) Accounting for Certain Financial Instruments with Down Round Features, (Part II) Replacement of the Indefinite Deferral for Mandatorily Redeemable Financial Instruments of Certain Nonpublic Entities and Certain Mandatorily Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests with a Scope Exception. The amendments in this update are intended to simplify the accounting for certain equity-linked financial instruments and embedded features with down round features that result in the strike price being reduced on the basis of the pricing of future equity offerings. Under the new guidance, a down round feature will no longer need to be considered when determining whether certain financial instruments or embedded features should be classified as liabilities or equity instruments. That is, a down round feature will no longer preclude equity classification when assessing whether an instrument or embedded feature is indexed to an entity's own stock. In addition, the amendments clarify existing disclosure requirements for equity-classified instruments. These amendments are effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2018, with early adoption permitted. The adoption of this ASU did not have a material impact on the consolidated financial statements.
In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, Leases (Topic (842), which establishes a right-of-use (ROU) model that requires a lessee to record a ROU asset and a lease liability on the balance sheet for most leases. In July 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-11, Leases (Topic 842), Targeted Improvements, which amends the guidance to add a method of adoption whereby the issuer may elect to recognize a cumulative effect adjustment at the beginning of the period of adoption. ASU 2018-11 Leases (Topic 842), Targeted Improvements, does not require comparative period financial information to be adjusted. Leases will be classified as either finance or operating, with classification affecting the pattern of expense recognition in the income statement.
ASU 2016-02 defines a lease as a contract, or part of a contract, that conveys the right to control the use of identified property, plant or equipment for a period of time in exchange for consideration. To determine whether a contract conveys the right to control the use of the identified asset for a period of time, the customer has to have both (i)the right to obtain substantially all of the economic benefits from the use of the identified asset and (ii)the right to direct the use of the identified asset. A contract does not contain an identified asset if the supplier has a substantive right to substitute such asset ("the leasing criteria"). As part of the adoption of ASC 842, the Company performed an assessment of the impact that the new lease recognition standard will have on its consolidated financial statements. The Company’s leases relate to office equipment, company owned vehicles and corporate offices, all of which are classified as operating leases and include fixed payments. The Company does not have any material leases, individually or in the aggregate, classified as a finance leasing arrangement under the new lease recognition standard.
On January 1, 2019, the Company adopted ASU No. 2016-02, applying the package of practical expedients to leases that commenced before the effective date whereby the Company elected to not reassess the following: (i) whether any expired or existing contracts contain leases; (ii) the lease classification for any expired or existing leases; and (iii) initial direct costs for any existing leases. The Company also elected, for all classes of underlying assets, to not separate non-lease components from lease components and instead to account for them as a single component.  The Company elected to apply the transition provisions as of January 1, 2019, the date of adoption, using the effective date approach, and recorded lease ROU assets and related liabilities on its balance sheet
without restating prior periods.  Many of the Company’s leases include base rental periods coupled with options to renew or terminate the lease, generally at the Company’s discretion.  In evaluating the lease term, the Company considers whether renewal is reasonably certain.  To the extent a significant economic incentive exists to renew the lease, the option is included within the lease term.  Based on the Company’s leases, renewal options generally do not provide a significant economic incentive and are therefore excluded from the lease term. The ROU asset is included in other long-term assets on the consolidated balance sheets.  The current portion of operating lease liabilities are presented within accrued liabilities while the non-current portion of operating lease liabilities are presented within other long term liabilities on the consolidated balance sheets and represents the present value of the remaining lease payments, discounted using the Company’s incremental borrowing rate, which ranges between 6.1% and 8.5% based on the terms of the lease.  The weighted average discount rate as of December 31, 2019 was 7.8%. As a result of the adoption of ASU 2016-02, other long-term assets increased by $1.8 million, accrued expenses increased by $0.5 million, and other long-term liabilities increased by $1.2 million. There was no change to the Company’s consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss or cash flows as a result of the adoption of ASU 2016-02.
As of December 31, 2019, the right-of-use asset totaled $2.3 million and is included within other long term assets on the consolidated balance sheet and the lease liability totaled $2.5 million, of which $1.1 million is classified as current within accrued expenses and $1.4 million is classified as non-current and makes up the full balance of other long term liabilities on the consolidated balance sheet.  Operating lease costs for the year ended December 31, 2019 totaled $1.4 million and are included within operating expenses in the consolidated statement of operations and comprehensive loss. Rent expense for the year ended December 31, 2018 was approximately $1.2 million. The weighted average remaining lease term for operating leases as of December 31, 2019 was 2.6 years. Total cash paid for operating leases during the year ended December 31, 2019 was $1.7 million and is included within cash flows from operating activities within the consolidated statement of cash flows.
The following table presents the minimum lease payments as of December 31, 2019 (in thousands):
January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020
$
1,372

January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021
716

January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022
454

January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2023
207

January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024
28

Thereafter

Total minimum lease payments
$
2,778

Less: Amount of lease payments representing interest
(266
)
Present value of future minimum lease payments
$
2,512


The following table presents the minimum lease payments as of December 31, 2018 (in thousands):
January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2019
$
929

January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020
399

January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021
385

January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022
175

January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2023
38

Thereafter

Total minimum lease payments
$
1,926