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The term under the license agreement.

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For an entity that discloses a concentration risk in relation to quantitative amount, which serves as the "benchmark" (or denominator) in the equation, this concept represents the concentration percentage derived from the division.

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Amount, excluding tax collected from customer, of revenue from satisfaction of performance obligation by transferring promised good or service to customer. Tax collected from customer is tax assessed by governmental authority that is both imposed on and concurrent with specific revenue-producing transaction, including, but not limited to, sales, use, value added and excise.

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Note 3 - Revenue by Product Group, by Significant Customer and by Geographic Location; Geographic Information (Details Textual) - USD ($)	1 Months Ended		3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2003	Dec. 31, 2018	Sep. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2018	Mar. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Sep. 30, 2017	Jun. 30, 2017	Mar. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax, Total			$ 26,956,000	$ 26,787,000	$ 30,548,000	$ 21,264,000	$ 29,388,000	$ 27,184,000	$ 33,462,000	$ 23,386,000	$ 105,555,000	$ 113,420,000	$ 103,379,000
Inventory Recall Expense						$ 1,100,000						$ 900,000
Mitek ORTHOVISC Agreement [Member]
License Agreement Term		10 years
License Agreement Additional Term												5 years
Mitek MONOVISC Agreement [Member]
License Agreement Term	15 years
Revenue Recognition, Milestone Method, Revenue Milestone in Twelve Month Period												$ 100,000,000
Mitek MONOVISC Agreement [Member] \| Milestone Revenue [Member]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax, Total											$ 0	$ 5,000,000	$ 0
Sales Revenue, Goods, Net [Member] \| Customer Concentration Risk [Member] \| DePuy Mitek Inc [Member]
Concentration Risk, Percentage											73.00%	73.00%	75.00%