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Debt Instrument, Interest Rate Floor

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Debt Instrument, Percentage Change in Non-Troubled Debt Restructuring Based On Comparison Of Present Value Of Cash Flows

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Debt Instrument, Percentage Of Default Interest Rate

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Debt Instrument, Prepayment Fee, Percentage

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Debt Instrument, Prepayment Fee Representing Deferred Portion Of Final Payment

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Debt Instrument, Total Discount Recorded

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Debt Instrument, Unused Borrowing Capacity, Expired Amount

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Dent Instrument, Number Of Tranches

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Amount of noncash expense included in interest expense to amortize debt discount and premium associated with the related debt instruments. Excludes amortization of financing costs. Alternate captions include noncash interest expense.

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

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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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Percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument.

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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 accumulated amortization, of debt discount.

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Fair value, before effects of master netting arrangements, of a financial liability or contract with one or more underlyings, notional amount or payment provision or both, and the contract can be net settled by means outside the contract or delivery of an asset. Includes liabilities elected not to be offset. Excludes liabilities not subject to a master netting arrangement.

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Long-term Debt - Narrative (Details)	1 Months Ended			3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
Long-term Debt - Narrative (Details)	Mar. 31, 2020 USD ($) shares	Aug. 31, 2019 USD ($) installment tranche $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($) $ / shares	Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Jul. 31, 2020 $ / shares shares	Jun. 30, 2020 USD ($)	Jul. 24, 2017 shares
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Proceeds from borrowings, net of issuance costs						$ 5,000,000	$ 1,977,000
Amortization of debt discount				$ 67,000	$ 32,000	192,000	$ 99,000
Unamortized debt discount				$ 565,000		$ 565,000
Common Stock Warrant
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Warrants issued for shares of common stock (in shares) \| shares								1,779,096
Warrants issued, exercise price (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares								$ 12.74
Silicon Valley Bank \| Original Agreement
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Proceeds from borrowings, net of issuance costs			$ 5,000,000.0
Repayments of debt		$ 3,000,000.0
Prepayment fee (equal to)		75,000
Silicon Valley Bank \| Original Agreement \| Common Stock Warrant
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Warrants issued for shares of common stock (in shares) \| shares										7,069
Warrants issued, exercise price (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares			$ 12.38
Silicon Valley Bank \| Original Agreement \| Prime Rate
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument variable interest rate			1.75%
Term Loans
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, total discount recorded		812,000
Term Loans \| Term Loans, Tranche One \| Common Stock Warrant
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Fair value of warrant		$ 60,000
Term Loans \| Term Loans, Tranche Two \| Common Stock Warrant
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Fair value of warrant									$ 60,000
Term Loans \| Silicon Valley Bank
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument variable interest rate		0.25%
Maximum borrowing capacity, amount		$ 15,000,000.0
Number of tranches (up to) \| tranche		3
Percentage of default interest rate		4.00%
New capital milestone for continuation of interest only payment period		$ 40,000,000.0
Number of equal monthly installments payable \| installment		25
Final payment percentage		5.50%
Term Loans \| Silicon Valley Bank \| Common Stock Warrant
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Warrants issued for shares of common stock (in shares) \| shares		52,083
Warrants issued, exercise price (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares		$ 4.32
Number of shares exercisable (in shares) \| shares	17,361	17,361
Term Loans \| Silicon Valley Bank \| Base Rate
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, interest rate floor		5.75%
Term Loans \| Silicon Valley Bank \| Term Loans, Tranche One
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Proceeds from borrowings, net of issuance costs		$ 5,000,000.0
Term Loans \| Silicon Valley Bank \| Term Loans, Tranche Two
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Proceeds from borrowings, net of issuance costs	$ 5,000,000.0
Term Loans \| Silicon Valley Bank \| Term Loans, Tranche Three
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Unused borrowing capacity, expired amount		$ 5,000,000.0
Debt Instrument, Redemption, Period One \| Term Loans \| Silicon Valley Bank
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption price, percentage		2.00%
Debt Instrument, Redemption, Period Two \| Term Loans \| Silicon Valley Bank
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption price, percentage		1.00%
Debt Instrument, Redemption, Period Three \| Term Loans \| Silicon Valley Bank
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption price, percentage		0.00%
Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Percentage change in loan in a non-troubled debt restructuring (less than)		0.10