| Component: (Network and Table) | |
|---|---|
| Network | 188 - Disclosure - Segment and Enterprise-wide Disclosures - Net Sales to Unaffiliated Customers by Geography (Detail) (http://lemaitre.com/taxonomy/role/DisclosureSegmentAndEnterprisewideDisclosuresNetSalesToUnaffiliatedCustomersByGeography) |
| Table | Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment [Table] |
| Reporting Entity [Axis] | 0001158895 (http://www.sec.gov/CIK) |
| Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] | Period [Axis] | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2016-01-01 - 2016-12-31 | 2015-01-01 - 2015-12-31 | 2014-01-01 - 2014-12-31 | ||||||||||
| Geographical [Axis] | Geographical [Axis] | Geographical [Axis] | ||||||||||
| United States [Member] | Germany [Member] | Other Countries [Member] | Geographical [Domain] | United States [Member] | Germany [Member] | Other Countries [Member] | Geographical [Domain] | United States [Member] | Germany [Member] | Other Countries [Member] | Geographical [Domain] | |
Net sales | 89,151,000 | 78,352,000 | 71,097,000 | |||||||||