Acquisitions (Allocation Of The Preliminary Purchase Price To The Acquired Net Assets Of The Trauson Acquisition (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	6 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Goodwill	$ 4,125	$ 4,186
Other
Purchase price paid	80	216
Contingent consideration	5	0
Purchase price paid	85	216
Cash	0	0
Inventory	5	5
Other assets	12	25
Liabilities	(4)	(29)
Goodwill	24	93
Assets and liabilities acquired, net	$ 85	$ 216
Tangible assets acquired:	9 years	12 years
Other | Customer relationship
Intangible assets:	$ 9	$ 5
Other | Trade name
Intangible assets:	1	0
Other | Developed technology & patents
Intangible assets:	36	115
Other | Noncompete Agreements
Intangible assets:	2	0
Other | IPRD
Intangible assets:	$ 0	2
Small Bone Innovations
Purchase price paid		365
Contingent consideration		0
Purchase price paid		365
Cash		0
Inventory		34
Other assets		4
Liabilities		(2)
Goodwill		228
Assets and liabilities acquired, net		$ 365
Tangible assets acquired:		12 years
Small Bone Innovations | Customer relationship
Intangible assets:		$ 19
Small Bone Innovations | Trade name
Intangible assets:		0
Small Bone Innovations | Developed technology & patents
Intangible assets:		82
Small Bone Innovations | Noncompete Agreements
Intangible assets:		0
Small Bone Innovations | IPRD
Intangible assets:		0
Berchtold
Purchase price paid		184
Contingent consideration		0
Purchase price paid		184
Cash		12
Inventory		22
Other assets		44
Liabilities		(45)
Goodwill		101
Assets and liabilities acquired, net		$ 184
Tangible assets acquired:		8 years
Berchtold | Customer relationship
Intangible assets:		$ 11
Berchtold | Trade name
Intangible assets:		7
Berchtold | Developed technology & patents
Intangible assets:		32
Berchtold | Noncompete Agreements
Intangible assets:		0
Berchtold | IPRD
Intangible assets:		0
PST
Purchase price paid		120
Contingent consideration		0
Purchase price paid		120
Cash		0
Inventory		7
Other assets		19
Liabilities		(31)
Goodwill		66
Assets and liabilities acquired, net		$ 120
Tangible assets acquired:		14 years
PST | Customer relationship
Intangible assets:		$ 33
PST | Trade name
Intangible assets:		0
PST | Developed technology & patents
Intangible assets:		26
PST | Noncompete Agreements
Intangible assets:		0
PST | IPRD
Intangible assets:		$ 0