SINTX Technologies, Inc. Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Debt - Additional Information (Details)

Debt - Additional Information (Details) (USD $)	9 Months Ended					9 Months Ended							1 Months Ended	9 Months Ended		9 Months Ended							9 Months Ended						9 Months Ended					9 Months Ended
Debt - Additional Information (Details) (USD $)	Sep. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Sep. 30, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Sep. 30, 2014 Magna	Sep. 30, 2014 Magna Common Stock	Sep. 30, 2014 G E Secured Lending Facility	Dec. 31, 2013 G E Secured Lending Facility	Dec. 31, 2012 G E Secured Lending Facility	Sep. 30, 2014 G E Secured Lending Facility Revolving Credit Facility	Dec. 31, 2013 G E Secured Lending Facility Revolving Credit Facility	Dec. 31, 2012 G E Secured Lending Facility Revolving Credit Facility	Jan. 31, 2014 G E Secured Lending Facility Long-term Debt	Sep. 30, 2014 G E Secured Lending Facility Long-term Debt	Dec. 31, 2012 G E Secured Lending Facility Long-term Debt	Sep. 30, 2014 Hercules Term Loan	Sep. 30, 2013 Hercules Term Loan	Sep. 30, 2014 Hercules Term Loan Prime rate plus	Sep. 30, 2014 Hercules Term Loan Maximum Installment	Sep. 30, 2014 Hercules Term Loan Minimum Installment	Sep. 30, 2014 Hercules Term Loan Scenario, Forecast	Sep. 30, 2014 Hercules Term Loan Thereafter August 15, 2014 Minimum	Sep. 30, 2014 Hercules Term Loan Hercules Warrant	Sep. 30, 2014 Hercules Term Loan Hercules Warrant Scenario Forecast One	Sep. 30, 2014 Hercules Term Loan Estimate of Fair Value Measurement Hercules Warrant	Sep. 30, 2014 Conversion Feature of Note	Sep. 30, 2014 Conversion Feature of Note Portion at Fair Value Measurement	Sep. 30, 2014 Conversion Feature of Note Portion at Fair Value Measurement Embedded Derivative Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring	Sep. 30, 2014 Magna Additional Convertible Notes	Sep. 30, 2014 Magna Convertible Notes	Sep. 30, 2014 Magna Convertible Notes Maximum	Sep. 30, 2014 Magna Convertible Notes Prior to July 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2014 Magna Convertible Notes On or prior to the earlier of October 13, 2014	Sep. 30, 2014 Magna Convertible Notes Magna Warrant	Sep. 30, 2014 Magna Convertible Notes Estimate of Fair Value Measurement Magna Warrant
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Senior secured credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity									$ 21,500,000			$ 3,500,000
Original principal amount	26,000,000	18,000,000						18,000,000							18,000,000	20,000,000										2,900,000			3,500,000	6,000,000
Debt and line of credit maturity date							May 31, 2016										Jan. 01, 2018												Aug. 11, 2016	Jun. 30, 2016
Term loan, payment terms														The term loan included interest only payments for a period of 12 months, followed by monthly principal payments of approximately $600,000 for a period of 30 months, which the Company commenced paying in January 2014.		Interest accrues from the closing date of the loan and interest payments are due monthly. Principal payments are required commencing August 1, 2015 and are to be made in 30 equal installments of approximately $700,000, with the remainder due at maturity. If, however, the Company meets certain revenue conditions, the interest only period may be extended through February 1, 2016, reducing the number of required principal payments to 24 equal installments. Additionally, under certain circumstances the Company may, or Hercules Technology may, require that $1.5 million of the principal be paid in the form of shares of common stock at a fixed conversion price of $5.72 per share.
Frequency for interest payments														12 months
Frequency for principal payments														30 months
Debt instruments, date of first required payment														Jan. 31, 2014
Debt instrument, periodic principal payment													600,000			700,000
Debt instrument, fixed rate														7.50%		10.95%														6.00%
Revolving line of credit										0	0
Final payment fee for debt							720,000														1,500,000
Annual management fee							15,000
Debt instrument, frequency of fee							annual management fee of $15,000 per year
Long-term debt outstanding including unamortized discount							14,400,000																									150,000	250,000
Long-term debt outstanding	18,984,000	17,925,000					14,300,000
Deferred financing cost							1,100,000									1,100,000
Repayment of term loan																15,300,000
Loss on extinguishment of debt	(1,596,000)						1,600,000
Debt instrument purchase price																										2,500,000			3,500,000
Term loan fee amount																200,000
Debt description																The Hercules Term Loan also includes a non-refundable final payment fee of $1.5 million. The final payment fee is being accrued and recorded to interest expense over the life of the loan. In addition, the Company issued a warrant to Hercules Technology (“Hercules Warrant”) to purchase 516,129 shares of the Company’s common stock at an initial exercise price of $4.65, subject to adjustment.
Warrants issued																								516,129										568,889
Initial exercisable price																							$ 4.65											$ 4.65
Estimated fair value																									900,000										290,000
Warrant expires date																							Jun. 30, 2019
Termination fee																1,200,000
Debt instrument, variable interest rate																		7.70%
Debt instrument, interest rate description																The Hercules Term Loan bears interest at the rate of the greater of either (i) the prime rate plus 7.7%, and (ii) 10.95%.														The Initial Convertible Note and the Additional Convertible Note mature on June 30, 2016 and August 11, 2016, respectively, (subject to extension by the holder) and accrue interest at an annual rate of 6.0%.
Number of installments for principal payments																			30	24
Conversion of stock, amount issued																					1,500,000
Common stock at a fixed conversion price																$ 5.72														$ 3.75
Debt instrument, covenant description																The Hercules Term Loan contains certain covenants related to restrictions on payments to certain Company affiliates, financial reporting requirements and a minimum liquidity covenant that requires the Company to maintain cash and cash equivalents of not less than $9.0 million.
Debt instrument, covenant compliance																Although the Company was in compliance with the liquidity covenant at September 30, 2014, the Company anticipates that it will be non-compliant with the liquidity covenant during the fourth quarter of 2014 if additional financing is not obtained, and has therefore classified the entire obligation as a current liability.
Cash and cash equivalents	10,360,000	2,279,000	7,562,000	2,741,000																		9,000,000
Common stock shares issued as a commitment fee	12,878,681	597,675			50,853
Estimated fair value of the common stock shares						229,000
Closing sale price of the common stock, percentage																														110.00%
Common stock at a fixed conversion price																															$ 4.13
Debt instrument, convertible, threshold consecutive trading days																														2 days
Debt Instrument convertible notes premium																														127.50%
Days of redeemable interest remaining convertible notes																														60 days
Percentage of volume weighted average price																														80.00%
Debt instrument, convertible, number of threshold consecutive trading days																														5
Derivative liabilities	$ 2,045,000	$ 210,000																									$ 1,100,000	$ 848,000