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Debt Instrument, Increase In Amount Outstanding From Default Event, Percent

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Debt Instrument, Increase In Amount Outstanding From Insolvency And Bankruptcy Event, Percent

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Debt Instrument, Interest Rate After Insolvency And Bankruptcy Events, Percent

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Debt Instrument Prepayment Premium Percent

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Debt Instrument, Proceeds To Be Paid To Lender, Percent

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Note Payable, Percentage Increase Due to Deferral of Redemption Option

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Amount, before unamortized (discount) premium and debt issuance costs, of long-term debt. Includes, but is not limited to, notes payable, bonds payable, commercial loans, mortgage loans, convertible debt, subordinated debt and other types of debt.

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Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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Fair value amount of debt instrument that was repurchased.

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Amount of unamortized debt discount (premium) and debt issuance costs.

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Amount, after accumulated amortization, of debt premium.

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Debt - Iliad Note (Details) - USD ($)			1 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
Debt - Iliad Note (Details) - USD ($)	Nov. 29, 2019	Nov. 25, 2019	Jan. 31, 2020	Sep. 30, 2020	Sep. 30, 2019	Dec. 31, 2019
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Percentage of gross proceeds used to make payments on note			10.00%
Gross proceeds			$ 275,000
Payments on the Iliad Note				$ 976,000	$ 0
Note Purchase Agreement
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal amount		$ 1,300,000
Issue discount		142,000
Purchase price		1,100,000
Unamortized debt issuance costs		$ 15,000
Borrowing rate		8.00%
Prepayment premium	15.00%
Repurchase amount (up to)		$ 150,000
Percentage increase due to deferral of redemption option				1.50%
Total liability, net of discount and financing fees				$ 200,000		$ 1,000,000.0
Unamortized issuance costs at date of issuance				$ 100,000		$ 100,000
Increase in amount outstanding from becoming delisted	15.00%
Percentage of gross proceeds used to make payments on note	10.00%
Payments on the Iliad Note			$ 226,000
Increase in amount outstanding from insolvency and bankruptcy event	5.00%
Interest rate after insolvency and bankruptcy events	22.00%
Note Purchase Agreement \| Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Increase in amount outstanding from default event	5.00%
Note Purchase Agreement \| Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Increase in amount outstanding from default event	15.00%
Note Purchase Agreement \| Debt Instrument, Period Two
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Prepayment premium	10.00%