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Offering period.

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Purchase period.

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Number of securities into which each warrant or right may be converted. For example, but not limited to, each warrant may be converted into two shares.

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Amount of cost capitalized for award under share-based payment arrangement.

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Period over which grantee's right to exercise award under share-based payment arrangement is no longer contingent on satisfaction of service or performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. Includes, but is not limited to, combination of market, performance or service condition.

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The number of grants made during the period on other than stock (or unit) option plans (for example, phantom stock or unit plan, stock or unit appreciation rights plan, performance target plan).

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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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Gross number of share options (or share units) granted during the period.

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Percentage of vesting of award under share-based payment arrangement.

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Stockholders' Equity - Additional Information (Details) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2021 shares	Jun. 30, 2020 shares	Jun. 30, 2021 USD ($) purchase_period shares	Jun. 30, 2020 shares	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Total stock-based compensation expense capitalized as part of cost of inventory \| $			$ 0.8		$ 0.6
ESPP
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Offering period			2 years
Number of purchase periods \| purchase_period			4
Purchase period			six-month
Options to purchase common stock \| 2013 Plan
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Options granted (in shares)	239,608	621,045	355,008	850,956
Options to purchase common stock \| 2013 Plan \| First anniversary
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award vesting percentage			25.00%
Options to purchase common stock \| 2013 Plan \| Monthly vesting over following 3 years
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting period			3 years
Unvested restricted stock units \| 2013 Plan
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
RSUs granted (in shares)	339,386	131,848	342,594	131,848
Unvested restricted stock units \| 2013 Plan \| First anniversary
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award vesting percentage			25.00%
Unvested restricted stock units \| 2013 Plan \| Vest annually over one to three years \| Maximum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting period			3 years
Performance Shares \| 2013 Plan
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
RSUs granted (in shares)	25,674
Common stock warrants
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of shares issued by each warrant (in shares)	1		1
Common stock issued upon exercise of warrants (in shares)	522	32,574	125,522	34,689