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	Oct. 07, 2025	Apr. 21, 2025	Sep. 30, 2025
Paragon 28 [Member]
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Acquisition date		Apr. 21, 2025
Per share price		$ 13
Non-tradeable contingent value right, maximum (in dollars per share)		$ 1
Business acquisition value			$ 1,276.5
Acquisition-related costs			72.4
Contingent payments related to acquisitions		$ 35.0	$ 35.0
Paragon 28 [Member] \| Maximum
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Contingent payments related to acquisitions		$ 90.0
Subsequent Event [Member] \| Monogram Technologies Inc. [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Acquisition date	Oct. 07, 2025
Per share price	$ 4.04
Business acquisition value	$ 180.0
Subsequent Event [Member] \| Monogram Technologies Inc. [Member] \| Maximum
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Non-tradeable contingent value right, maximum (in dollars per share)	$ 12.37
Contingent payments related to acquisitions	$ 570.0
Subsequent Event [Member] \| Monogram Technologies Inc. [Member] \| Series D Preferred Stock [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Per share price	$ 2.25
Subsequent Event [Member] \| Monogram Technologies Inc. [Member] \| Series E Preferred Stock [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Per share price	$ 100