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Exercise price per share or per unit of warrants or rights outstanding.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Number of securities into which the class of warrant or right may be converted. For example, but not limited to, 500,000 warrants may be converted into 1,000,000 shares.

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The cash inflow associated with the amount received from holders exercising their stock warrants.

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Warrants - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($)	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Warrants - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Jun. 30, 2021	Jun. 24, 2020	Sep. 30, 2019
Class Of Warrant Or Right [Line Items]
Proceeds from exercise of pre-funded warrants			$ 31,768
SVB Term Loan
Class Of Warrant Or Right [Line Items]
Number of securities called by warrants					42,894
Exercise price of warrants		$ 11.6565			$ 11.6565
Warrant to purchase common stock		42,894
Warrant purchase price		$ 11.6565			$ 11.6565
Warrant expire date		Jun. 24, 2030
Minimum \| SVB Term Loan
Class Of Warrant Or Right [Line Items]
Warrant to purchase common stock		42,894
Common Stock
Class Of Warrant Or Right [Line Items]
Number of shares issued upon the conversion		144,881	183,333
Private Placement \| Institutional Accredited Investors
Class Of Warrant Or Right [Line Items]
Exercise price of warrants						$ 9.75
Warrant purchase price						$ 9.75
Private Placement \| Institutional Accredited Investors \| Pre-funded Warrants
Class Of Warrant Or Right [Line Items]
Number of securities called by warrants						360,779
Exercise price of warrants						$ 9.60
Exercise price of warrants, exercisable subject to beneficial ownership limitations						0.15
Warrants exercised	211,784			148,995
Proceeds from exercise of pre-funded warrants	$ 31,768
Warrant purchase price						$ 9.60