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Stock issued during period shares cashless exercise of warrants.

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Warrants issued to purchase of common stock.

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The cash inflow associated with the amount received from holders exercising their stock warrants.

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Subsequent Events - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($)			12 Months Ended
	Feb. 18, 2021	Jan. 01, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Warrant exercise price			$ 10.00
Proceeds from exercise of warrants			$ 1,858,000	$ 0
Subsequent Event [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Issue of unregistered common stock for advisory services	2,636
Subsequent Event [Member] \| Stock Warrant Exercises [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Warrants issued to purchase of common stock		232,945
Warrant exercise price		$ 10.00
Proceeds from exercise of warrants		$ 2,329,450
Stock issued during period, cashless exercise of Series E warrants		4,575
Subsequent Event [Member] \| Series E And E1 Convertible Preferred Stock
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Conversion of Preferred stock into common stock (in shares)		15,000