Royalty Obligation, Percent Of Net Sales

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Royalty Obligation, Term

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Shares of Common Stock Entitled to Purchasers by Pre-funded Warrants

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Shares of Common Stock to be Purchased by Common Stock Warrants

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

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Topic 505
-SubTopic 10
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Publisher FASB
-URI https://asc.fasb.org//1943274/2147481112/505-10-50-3

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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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Number of warrants or rights outstanding.

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

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Topic 470
-SubTopic 20
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1B
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-Publisher FASB
-URI https://asc.fasb.org//1943274/2147481139/470-20-50-1B

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Financial Instruments – Fair Value Measurements (Details) - $ / shares			1 Months Ended
	Nov. 01, 2023	Jun. 06, 2022	Jun. 30, 2022	Dec. 31, 2023	Aug. 02, 2023	Aug. 01, 2023	Jul. 15, 2019
Warrants [Abstract]
Exercise price of warrants (in usd per share)							$ 0.001
Warrants issued (in shares)							2,000,000
Royalty payment term	8 years
Minimum
Warrants [Abstract]
Royalty interest percent interest	1.00%
Maximum
Warrants [Abstract]
Royalty interest percent interest	2.00%
Existing Warrants
Warrants [Abstract]
Class of warrant or right, outstanding (in shares)						5,000,000
Exercise price of warrants (in usd per share)						$ 0.96
New Warrants
Warrants [Abstract]
Exercise price of warrants (in usd per share)					$ 1.09	$ 2.60
Warrants issued (in shares)						2,750,000
Securities Purchase Agreement
Warrants [Abstract]
Common stock entitled to purchasers by pre-funded warrants (in shares)		4,000,000	4,000,000
Stock to be purchased by common stock warrants (in shares)		8,850,000	8,850,000
Senior Secured Notes Due 2025
Warrants [Abstract]
Interest rate							12.50%
Senior Secured Notes Due 2025 \| Senior Notes
Warrants [Abstract]
Interest rate				12.50%			12.50%
Thirteen Point Five, Senior Secured Notes due November 1, 2028 \| Senior Notes
Warrants [Abstract]
Interest rate	13.50%