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Revenues (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2019
Revenues Disclosure [Abstract] |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Table Text Block] |
|  | Three Months Ended March 31, 2019
|  | (in thousands)
|  | United States |  |  | United Kingdom |  |  | Germany |  |  | Rest of the world |  | Total
Instruments, equipment, software and accessories | $ | 18,671 |  | $ | 3,129 |  | $ | 2,913 |  | $ | 2,044 | $ | 26,757
Service, maintenance and warranty contracts |  | 1,143 |  |  | 190 |  |  | 97 |  |  | 15 |  | 1,445
Total revenues | $ | 19,814 |  | $ | 3,319 |  | $ | 3,010 |  | $ | 2,059 | $ | 28,202
|  | Three Months Ended March 31, 2018
|  | (in thousands)
|  | United States |  |  | United Kingdom |  |  | Germany |  |  | Rest of the world |  | Total
Instruments, equipment, software and accessories | $ | 16,147 |  | $ | 3,495 |  | $ | 3,707 |  | $ | 2,255 | $ | 25,604
Service, maintenance and warranty contracts |  | 896 |  |  | 201 |  |  | 52 |  |  | 6 |  | 1,155
Total revenues | $ | 17,043 |  | $ | 3,696 |  | $ | 3,759 |  | $ | 2,261 | $ | 26,759
Activity in allowance for doubtful accounts [Table Text Block] |
|  | Three Months Ended March 31,
|  | 2019 |  | 2018
|  | (in thousands)
Balance, beginning of period | $ | 332 | $ | 193
Bad debt expense (recoveries) |  | (16) |  | 5
Charged to allowance |  | 27 |  | -
Other |  | - |  | 36
Effect of foreign currency translation |  | (2) |  | -
Balance, end of period | $ | 341 | $ | 234
Service Contracts [Member] |
Deferred Revenue Arrangement [Line Items] |
Deferred Revenue, by Arrangement, Disclosure [Table Text Block] |
|  | Three Months Ended March 31, 2019
|  | (in thousands) |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | Service Contracts |  |  | Customer Advances |  |  | Total
Balance at December 31, 2018 | $ | 1,659 |  | $ | 2,161 |  | $ | 3,820
Deferral of revenue |  | 845 |  |  | 111 |  |  | 956
Recognition of deferred revenue |  | (848) |  |  | (223) |  |  | (1,071)
Effect of foreign currency translation |  | 10 |  |  | - |  |  | 10
Balance at March 31, 2019 | $ | 1,666 |  | $ | 2,049 |  | $ | 3,715
|  | Three Months Ended March 31, 2018
|  | (in thousands) |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | Service Contracts |  |  | Customer Advances |  |  | Total
Balance at December 31, 2017 | $ | 505 |  | $ | - |  | $ | 505
Addition due to business combination |  | 849 |  |  | 2,128 |  |  | 2,977
Deferral of revenue |  | 1,193 |  |  | 128 |  |  | 1,321
Recognition of deferred revenue |  | (758) |  |  | (196) |  |  | (954)
Effect of foreign currency translation |  | 4 |  |  | - |  |  | 4
Balance at March 31, 2018 | $ | 1,793 |  | $ | 2,060 |  | $ | 3,853

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