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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2018
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies [Abstract] |
Inventory, Major Classes, Policy [Policy Text Block] |
|  | As of September 30, |  | As of December 31,
|  | 2018 |  | 2017
|  | (in thousands)
Raw materials |  | $ | 3,598 |  |  | $ | 616 |
Work-in-process |  | 182 |  |  | 149 |
Finished goods |  | 975 |  |  | 1,183 |
Total inventory |  | $ | 4,755 |  |  | $ | 1,948 |

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