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Collaboration Agreements, License Agreement and Revenues - Eluminex Agreement - Additional Information 2 (Detail) $ in Thousands	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jul. 31, 2021 USD ($) PerformanceObligation	Mar. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2023 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Apr. 30, 2023 USD ($)
Revenue Recognition Multiple Deliverable Arrangements [Line Items]
Total revenue			$ 147,752	$ 140,734	$ 235,309
Eluminex [Member]
Revenue Recognition Multiple Deliverable Arrangements [Line Items]
Aggregate consideration received for milestone and upfront payments	$ 8,000		4,000
Future manufacturing clinical regulatory and commercial milestone payments	64,000
Commercial milestone	$ 36,000
Additional upfront payments						$ 1,500
Eluminex [Member] \| License Revenue [Member]
Revenue Recognition Multiple Deliverable Arrangements [Line Items]
Aggregate consideration received for milestone and upfront payments			1,000		$ 8,000
Eluminex [Member] \| Other Revenue - Contract Manufacturing [Member]
Revenue Recognition Multiple Deliverable Arrangements [Line Items]
Aggregate consideration received for milestone and upfront payments			500
Eluminex [Member] \| ASC 606 [Member]
Revenue Recognition Multiple Deliverable Arrangements [Line Items]
Number of identified performance obligation at inception of agreement \| PerformanceObligation	1
Eluminex [Member] \| Cornea Products [Member] \| ASC 606 [Member]
Revenue Recognition Multiple Deliverable Arrangements [Line Items]
Percentage of product manufacturing costs until manufacturing technology fully transferred		10.00%
Eluminex [Member] \| biosynthetic Cornea [Member] \| China [Member]
Revenue Recognition Multiple Deliverable Arrangements [Line Items]
Milestone Payments			3,000
Manufacturing related milestone payments			$ 3,000