Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Employee Stock Options (Summary of Stock Option Activity) (Details)

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Employee Stock Options (Summary of Stock Option Activity) (Details) (2014 Plan [Member], USD $)
In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
2014 Plan [Member]
 
Stock Awards  
Balance as of December 31, 2013 7,555,324us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingNumber
/ us-gaap_PlanNameAxis
= ekso_EquityIncentivePlan2014Member
Options granted 5,007,191us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsGrantsInPeriodGross
/ us-gaap_PlanNameAxis
= ekso_EquityIncentivePlan2014Member
Options exercised (397,976)us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesStockOptionsExercised
/ us-gaap_PlanNameAxis
= ekso_EquityIncentivePlan2014Member
Options forfeited (1,127,650)us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsForfeituresInPeriod
/ us-gaap_PlanNameAxis
= ekso_EquityIncentivePlan2014Member
Options cancelled (245,808)us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsExpirationsInPeriod
/ us-gaap_PlanNameAxis
= ekso_EquityIncentivePlan2014Member
Balance as of December 31, 2014 10,791,081us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingNumber
/ us-gaap_PlanNameAxis
= ekso_EquityIncentivePlan2014Member
Vested and expected to vest at December 31, 2014 10,094,577us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsVestedAndExpectedToVestOutstandingNumber
/ us-gaap_PlanNameAxis
= ekso_EquityIncentivePlan2014Member
Exercisable as of December 31, 2014 5,136,036us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsExercisableNumber
/ us-gaap_PlanNameAxis
= ekso_EquityIncentivePlan2014Member
Weighted-Average Exercise Price  
Balance as of December 31, 2013 $ 0.45us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingWeightedAverageExercisePrice
/ us-gaap_PlanNameAxis
= ekso_EquityIncentivePlan2014Member
Options granted $ 1.31us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementsByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsGrantsInPeriodWeightedAverageExercisePrice
/ us-gaap_PlanNameAxis
= ekso_EquityIncentivePlan2014Member
Options exercised $ 0.30us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementsByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsExercisesInPeriodWeightedAverageExercisePrice
/ us-gaap_PlanNameAxis
= ekso_EquityIncentivePlan2014Member
Options forfeited $ 1.07us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementsByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsForfeituresInPeriodWeightedAverageExercisePrice
/ us-gaap_PlanNameAxis
= ekso_EquityIncentivePlan2014Member
Options cancelled $ 0.42us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementsByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsExpirationsInPeriodWeightedAverageExercisePrice
/ us-gaap_PlanNameAxis
= ekso_EquityIncentivePlan2014Member
Balance as of December 31, 2014 $ 0.79us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingWeightedAverageExercisePrice
/ us-gaap_PlanNameAxis
= ekso_EquityIncentivePlan2014Member
Vested and expected to vest at December 31, 2014 $ 0.77us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsVestedAndExpectedToVestOutstandingWeightedAverageExercisePrice
/ us-gaap_PlanNameAxis
= ekso_EquityIncentivePlan2014Member
Exercisable as of December 31, 2014 $ 0.46us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsExercisableWeightedAverageExercisePrice
/ us-gaap_PlanNameAxis
= ekso_EquityIncentivePlan2014Member
Weighted-Average Remaining Contractual Life (Years)  
Balance as of December 31, 2014 7 years 4 months 20 days
Vested and expected to vest at December 31, 2014 7 years 3 months 7 days
Exercisable as of December 31, 2014 5 years 7 months 6 days
Aggregate Intrinsic Value  
Balance as of December 31, 2014 $ 6,754us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingIntrinsicValue
/ us-gaap_PlanNameAxis
= ekso_EquityIncentivePlan2014Member
Vested and expected to vest at December 31, 2014 6,532us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsVestedAndExpectedToVestExercisableAggregateIntrinsicValue
/ us-gaap_PlanNameAxis
= ekso_EquityIncentivePlan2014Member
Exercisable as of December 31, 2014 $ 4,651us-gaap_SharebasedCompensationArrangementBySharebasedPaymentAwardOptionsExercisableIntrinsicValue1
/ us-gaap_PlanNameAxis
= ekso_EquityIncentivePlan2014Member