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Loss per Share - Schedule of Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Diluted Income (Loss) per Share (Details) - shares | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2022 | Sep. 30, 2021
Antidilutive Securities Excluded From Computation Of Earnings Per Share [Line Items] |  |
Dilutive common shares excluded from the calculations of diluted loss per share (in shares) | 3,739,072 | 3,615,253
Outstanding Stock Options [Member] |  |
Antidilutive Securities Excluded From Computation Of Earnings Per Share [Line Items] |  |
Dilutive common shares excluded from the calculations of diluted loss per share (in shares) | 1,175,016 | 1,050,890
Convertible Preferred Stock [Member] |  |
Antidilutive Securities Excluded From Computation Of Earnings Per Share [Line Items] |  |
Dilutive common shares excluded from the calculations of diluted loss per share (in shares) | 422,867 | 422,985
Outstanding Warrants [Member] |  |
Antidilutive Securities Excluded From Computation Of Earnings Per Share [Line Items] |  |
Dilutive common shares excluded from the calculations of diluted loss per share (in shares) | 2,141,189 | 2,141,378

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- Definition Securities (including those issuable pursuant to contingent stock agreements) that could potentially dilute basic earnings per share (EPS) or earnings per unit (EPU) in the future that were not included in the computation of diluted EPS or EPU because to do so would increase EPS or EPU amounts or decrease loss per share or unit amounts for the period presented. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 260 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (c) -URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=124432515&loc=d3e3550-109257 + Details
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