Document and Entity Information (USD $)	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2011	Nov. 14, 2011	Jun. 30, 2010
Document And Entity Information
Entity Registrant Name	Tiger X Medical, Inc.
Entity Central Index Key	0000925741
Document Type	10-Q
Document Period End Date	Jun. 30, 2011
Amendment Flag	true
Amendment Description	Tiger X Medical, Inc. ("Tiger X" or the "Company") is filing this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q/A (the "Form 10-Q/A") for the three months and six months ended June 30, 2011 to reflect the restatement of its consolidated financial statements, the notes thereto, and related disclosures. We are also restating our evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures and changes in internal controls over financial reporting. The Company completed the sale of its Reconstructive Division assets on June 10, 2011 which resulted in a gain of $10,527,000. The Company completed the sale of its Spine Division assets on April 4, 2011 which resulted in a gain of $2,286,000. The total gain from the sale of the discontinued Reconstructive and Spine Divisions recorded during the three and six months ended June 30, 2011 amounted to $12,813,000. The Company determined that the income tax expense associated with this gain amounted to $560,000 and the gain should have been recorded net of this income tax impact in the Company's consolidated statements of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2011. The restatement resulted in the reduction of the gain on sale of the discontinued operations of $560,000, as well as a corresponding increase to the accounts payable and accrued expenses and accumulated deficit as of June 30, 2011. This Form 10-Q/A has not been updated except as required to reflect the effects of the restatement. This amendment and restatement includes changes to Part I, Items 1, 2 and 4. Except as identified in the prior sentence, no other items included in the original Form 10-Q have been amended. This Form 10-Q/A speaks as of the original filing date of the Form 10-Q. Additionally, this Form 10-Q/A does not purport to provide an update or a discussion of any other developments at the Company subsequent to the original filing.
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Is Entity a Well-known Seasoned Issuer?	No
Is Entity a Voluntary Filer?	No
Is Entity's Reporting Status Current?	Yes
Entity Filer Category	Smaller Reporting Company
Entity Public Float			$ 45,935,639
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		230,293,141
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q2
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2011