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Stock Incentive Plans - Additional Information (Details)

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Stock Incentive Plans - Additional Information (Details) (USD $)
In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified
3 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2014
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]      
Stock-based compensation expense $ 518us-gaap_AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpense $ 122us-gaap_AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpense  
Rate of reduced stock-based compensation expense for estimated forfeiture 7.60%ingn_ShareBasedCompensationExpenseReducedRateForEstimatedForfeiture 6.90%ingn_ShareBasedCompensationExpenseReducedRateForEstimatedForfeiture  
Share-based Compensation, Unrecognized expense, Nonvested Granted Awards 4,528us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationNonvestedAwardsTotalCompensationCostNotYetRecognized 1,254us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationNonvestedAwardsTotalCompensationCostNotYetRecognized  
Maximum      
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]      
Stock option period, expiration 10 years    
Stock option period, vested 4 years    
Minimum      
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]      
Stock option period, expiration 7 years    
Stock option period, vested 1 year    
2012 Plan      
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]      
Stock option shares outstanding 771,499us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationSharesAuthorizedUnderStockOptionPlansExercisePriceRangeNumberOfOutstandingOptions
/ us-gaap_PlanNameAxis
= ingn_TwoThousandAndTwelveStockIncentivePlanMember
   
Number of equity awards available for grant 0us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardNumberOfSharesAvailableForGrant
/ us-gaap_PlanNameAxis
= ingn_TwoThousandAndTwelveStockIncentivePlanMember
   
2002 Plan      
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]      
Stock option shares outstanding 555,527us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationSharesAuthorizedUnderStockOptionPlansExercisePriceRangeNumberOfOutstandingOptions
/ us-gaap_PlanNameAxis
= ingn_TwoThousandAndTwoStockIncentivePlanMember
   
Number of equity awards available for grant 0us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardNumberOfSharesAvailableForGrant
/ us-gaap_PlanNameAxis
= ingn_TwoThousandAndTwoStockIncentivePlanMember
   
2014 Plan      
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]      
Stock option shares outstanding 728,250us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationSharesAuthorizedUnderStockOptionPlansExercisePriceRangeNumberOfOutstandingOptions
/ us-gaap_PlanNameAxis
= ingn_TwoThousandAndFourteenEquityIncentivePlanMember
   
Number of equity awards available for grant 989,577us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardNumberOfSharesAvailableForGrant
/ us-gaap_PlanNameAxis
= ingn_TwoThousandAndFourteenEquityIncentivePlanMember
  221,178us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardNumberOfSharesAvailableForGrant
/ us-gaap_PlanNameAxis
= ingn_TwoThousandAndFourteenEquityIncentivePlanMember
Common stock reserved for future issuance 1,654,819us-gaap_CommonStockCapitalSharesReservedForFutureIssuance
/ us-gaap_PlanNameAxis
= ingn_TwoThousandAndFourteenEquityIncentivePlanMember
   
Terms of shares available for issuance The number of shares available for issuance under the 2014 Plan also includes an annual increase on the first day of each fiscal year beginning in 2015, equal to the least of: • 895,346 shares; • 4% of the outstanding shares of common stock as of the last day of our immediately preceding fiscal year; or • such other amount as our board of directors may determine.    
Common stock capital shares reserved for future issuance maximum annual increase     895,346ingn_CommonStockCapitalSharesReservedForFutureIssuanceMaximumAnnualIncrease
/ us-gaap_PlanNameAxis
= ingn_TwoThousandAndFourteenEquityIncentivePlanMember
Percentage on outstanding shares of common stock 4.00%ingn_PercentageOnOutstandingCommonStock
/ us-gaap_PlanNameAxis
= ingn_TwoThousandAndFourteenEquityIncentivePlanMember
   
Number of additional number of shares reserve to provision 762,373us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardNumberOfAdditionalSharesAuthorized
/ us-gaap_PlanNameAxis
= ingn_TwoThousandAndFourteenEquityIncentivePlanMember
   
2012 Plan and 2002 Plan | Maximum      
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]      
Stock option shares outstanding 2,328,569us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationSharesAuthorizedUnderStockOptionPlansExercisePriceRangeNumberOfOutstandingOptions
/ us-gaap_PlanNameAxis
= ingn_TwentyTwelveAndTwoThousandAndTwoStockIncentivePlanMember
/ us-gaap_RangeAxis
= us-gaap_MaximumMember
   
2014 ESPP Plan      
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]      
Common stock reserved for future issuance 309,299us-gaap_CommonStockCapitalSharesReservedForFutureIssuance
/ us-gaap_PlanNameAxis
= ingn_TwoThousandAndFourteenEmployeeStockPurchasePlanMember
   
Terms of shares available for issuance The number of shares available for issuance under the 2014 ESPP Plan also includes an annual increase on the first day of each fiscal year beginning in 2015, equal to least of: • 179,069 shares • 1.5% of the outstanding shares of our common stock on the last day of our immediately preceding fiscal year; or • Such other amount as may be determined by the administrator    
Percentage on outstanding shares of common stock 1.50%ingn_PercentageOnOutstandingCommonStock
/ us-gaap_PlanNameAxis
= ingn_TwoThousandAndFourteenEmployeeStockPurchasePlanMember
   
Number of additional number of shares reserve to provision 179,069us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardNumberOfAdditionalSharesAuthorized
/ us-gaap_PlanNameAxis
= ingn_TwoThousandAndFourteenEmployeeStockPurchasePlanMember
   
Maximum percentage of common stock eligible to purchase through payroll deductions for participants 15.00%ingn_MaximumPercentageOfCommonStockEligibleToPurchaseUnderEmployeeStockPurchasePlanThroughPayrollDeductions
/ us-gaap_PlanNameAxis
= ingn_TwoThousandAndFourteenEmployeeStockPurchasePlanMember
   
Maximum number of shares available for participant to purchase during period 1,500us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardMaximumNumberOfSharesPerEmployee
/ us-gaap_PlanNameAxis
= ingn_TwoThousandAndFourteenEmployeeStockPurchasePlanMember
   
Potential increase of shares available for issuance 179,069ingn_PotentialIncreaseInNumberOfSharesAvailableForIssuanceDuringNextPhysicalYear
/ us-gaap_PlanNameAxis
= ingn_TwoThousandAndFourteenEmployeeStockPurchasePlanMember
   
Purchase price as percentage of stock price on offering period 85.00%us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardDiscountFromMarketPriceOfferingDate
/ us-gaap_PlanNameAxis
= ingn_TwoThousandAndFourteenEmployeeStockPurchasePlanMember
   
Purchase price as percentage of stock price on exercise date 85.00%us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardDiscountFromMarketPricePurchaseDate
/ us-gaap_PlanNameAxis
= ingn_TwoThousandAndFourteenEmployeeStockPurchasePlanMember
   
Stock-based compensation expense $ 85us-gaap_AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpense
/ us-gaap_PlanNameAxis
= ingn_TwoThousandAndFourteenEmployeeStockPurchasePlanMember