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Loss per Share - Schedule of Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Diluted Income (Loss) per Share (Details) - shares	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2023	Jun. 30, 2022	Jun. 30, 2023	Jun. 30, 2022
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)	299,506	249,862	299,506	249,862
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)	128,582	78,925	128,582	78,925
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)	142,733	142,746	142,733	142,746
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)	28,190	28,191	28,190	28,191

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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.

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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

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