Debt Obligations - Schedule of Current Portion of Long Term Debt, Net (Details) - USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Current portion of long-term debt, net	$ 5,000,000	$ 5,167,586
SVB Term Loan
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
SVB Term Loan	$ 5,000,000	5,000,000
2020 Insurance Note
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Insurance note		$ 167,586

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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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Carrying value as of the balance sheet date of portion of long-term loans payable due within one year or the operating cycle if longer.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
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-Paragraph 1
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Amount, after unamortized (discount) premium and debt issuance costs, of long-term debt, classified as current. Includes, but not limited to, notes payable, bonds payable, debentures, mortgage loans and commercial paper. Excludes capital lease obligations.

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