Note 12 - Operating Leases (Details Textual)	Sep. 30, 2019 ft²
Operating Lease, Weighted Average Discount Rate, Percent	4.10%
Operating Lease, Weighted Average Remaining Lease Term	17 years 36 days
Administrative, Research and Development, and Manufacturing Space in Bedford, MA [Member]
Area of Real Estate Property	134,000
Office, Research and Development, Training, and Warehousing Space in Padova, Italy [Member]
Area of Real Estate Property	33,000

Weighted average remaining lease term for operating lease, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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