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Loss per Share - Schedule of Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Diluted Income (Loss) per Share (Details) - shares	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 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)	311,032	249,282
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)	140,109	78,334
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	28,190
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	142,758

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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
-Topic 260
-SubTopic 10
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (c)
-Publisher FASB
-URI https://asc.fasb.org//1943274/2147482662/260-10-50-1

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