SPECIAL (GAINS) CHARGES (Details) (CoreValve, Inc., USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	1 Months Ended
Feb. 28, 2013
CoreValve, Inc.
Litigation Award
Amount of payment received from Medtronic in satisfaction of the April 2010 jury award of damages for infringement, including accrued interest	$ 83.6

Cash received for the settlement of litigation during the current period.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 230

-SubTopic 10

-Section 45

-Paragraph 25

-Subparagraph (c)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=31042434&loc=d3e3536-108585

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