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Debt Instrument, Convertible, Maximum Percentage Of Outstanding Loans

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Debt Instrument, Covenant, Maximum Liquidity, Amount

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Debt Instrument, Covenant, Minimum Net Revenue, Amount

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Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Facility Fee

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Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Financing Fee

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Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Paid In Cash

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Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Paid-In-Kind

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Debt Instrument, Liquidity Covenant, Term

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Debt, Maximum Borrowing Capacity

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Debt Prepayment Premium

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Amount, before unamortized (discount) premium and debt issuance costs, of long-term debt. Includes, but is not limited to, notes payable, bonds payable, commercial loans, mortgage loans, convertible debt, subordinated debt and other types of debt.

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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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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Amount, after unamortized (discount) premium and debt issuance costs, of long-term debt. Includes, but not limited to, notes payable, bonds payable, debentures, mortgage loans and commercial paper. Excludes capital lease obligations.

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Amount of cash inflow from contractual arrangement with the lender, including but not limited to, letter of credit, standby letter of credit and revolving credit arrangements.

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Long-term Debt - Term Loan Narrative (Details) - USD ($)	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2018	Mar. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016	Apr. 30, 2017	Oct. 31, 2015
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Term loan agreement amount	$ 15,000,000
Debt drawn down		$ 63,612,000			$ 64,396,000
Amount drawn down under the term loan agreement	15,000,000
Minimum liquidity amount					3,000,000		$ 3,000,000
Minimum net revenue target					15,000,000	$ 5,000,000	$ 1,000,000
Equity cure period		90 days
Long-term debt		$ 44,597,000			$ 44,201,000
Scenario, Forecast
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Minimum net revenue target			$ 40,000,000	$ 30,000,000
Period One
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt prepayment premium percent		8.00%			8.00%
Period Two
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt prepayment premium percent		4.00%			4.00%
Period Three
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt prepayment premium percent		2.00%			2.00%
Term Loan
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Term loan agreement amount	$ 25,000,000								$ 30,000,000
Stated interest rate	10.75%
Interest rate paid-in-kind	2.75%
Interest rate paid in cash	8.00%
Percentage of outstanding loans	25.00%
Market capitalization (greater than)	$ 250,000,000
Term Loan, Tranche A
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Term loan agreement amount									$ 20,000,000
Financing fee									1.75%
Facility fee									5.00%
Term Loan, Tranche B
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Term loan agreement amount									$ 10,000,000
Debt drawn down								$ 5,000,000