Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Notes Payable (Narrative) (Details)

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Notes Payable (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)
3 Months Ended 1 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Mar. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2014
Debt Instrument [Line Items]        
Unamortized debt discount $ 816,539us-gaap_DebtInstrumentUnamortizedDiscount     $ 829,019us-gaap_DebtInstrumentUnamortizedDiscount
Proceeds from notes payable 3,000,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromNotesPayable 30,000,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromNotesPayable    
Non-cash change in fair value   (1,000)us-gaap_DerivativeGainLossOnDerivativeNet    
Interest expense 967,000us-gaap_InterestExpenseDebt 944,000us-gaap_InterestExpenseDebt    
Interest expense recorded related to amortization 213,000navb_InterestExpenseRecordedRelatedToAmortizationOfDebtDiscountsAndDeferredFinancingCosts 242,000navb_InterestExpenseRecordedRelatedToAmortizationOfDebtDiscountsAndDeferredFinancingCosts    
Oxford Finance, LLC        
Debt Instrument [Line Items]        
Debt face amount   30,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount
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30,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount
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Debt instrument, interest rate   8.50%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
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8.50%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
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Notes payable 30,000,000us-gaap_NotesPayable
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Debt issuance cost     120,000us-gaap_DebtIssuanceCosts
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Unamortized debt discount 2,200,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentUnamortizedDiscount
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Balance of debt issuance cost 81,000us-gaap_DeferredFinanceCostsNet
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Oxford Finance, LLC | Series KK Warrants and other fees to lenders        
Debt Instrument [Line Items]        
Debt unamortized discount, Net   3,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentUnamortizedDiscountPremiumNet
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3,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentUnamortizedDiscountPremiumNet
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Oxford Finance, LLC | Series KK warrants        
Debt Instrument [Line Items]        
Number of shares underlying warrant issued   391,032us-gaap_ClassOfWarrantOrRightNumberOfSecuritiesCalledByWarrantsOrRights
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391,032us-gaap_ClassOfWarrantOrRightNumberOfSecuritiesCalledByWarrantsOrRights
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Exercise price of warrant issued, dollars per share   $ 1.918us-gaap_ClassOfWarrantOrRightExercisePriceOfWarrantsOrRights1
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$ 1.918us-gaap_ClassOfWarrantOrRightExercisePriceOfWarrantsOrRights1
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Second Amended Platinum Note        
Debt Instrument [Line Items]        
Notes payable 6,200,000us-gaap_NotesPayable
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Maximum borrowing capacity, amount   50,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity
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50,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity
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Proceeds from notes payable 3,000,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromNotesPayable
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Non-cash change in fair value 1,727,000us-gaap_DerivativeGainLossOnDerivativeNet
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Estimated fair value 6,900,000us-gaap_LongTermDebtFairValue
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Unused borrowing capacity, Amount 28,800,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityRemainingBorrowingCapacity
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R-NAV        
Debt Instrument [Line Items]        
Notes payable $ 666,666us-gaap_NotesPayable
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