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Goodwill And Other Intangible Assets (Tables)
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2018
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]  
Rollforward Of Goodwill
The following is a rollforward of the Company’s goodwill by segment ($ in millions):  
 
Life
Sciences
 
Diagnostics
 
Dental
 
Environmental & Applied Solutions
 
Total
Balance, January 1, 2017
$
11,610.3

 
$
6,903.0

 
$
3,215.6

 
$
2,098.0

 
$
23,826.9

Attributable to 2017 acquisitions
95.5

 
—

 
2.8

 
169.3

 
267.6

Adjustments due to finalization of purchase price allocations
(19.1
)
 
(39.6
)
(a) 
8.8

 
—

 
(49.9
)
Foreign currency translation and other
648.8

 
216.1

 
142.8

 
86.3

 
1,094.0

Balance, December 31, 2017
12,335.5

 
7,079.5

 
3,370.0

 
2,353.6

 
25,138.6

Attributable to 2018 acquisitions
1,212.6

 
—

 
—

 
62.8

 
1,275.4

Adjustments due to finalization of purchase price allocations
2.8

 
—

 
—

 
4.7

 
7.5

Foreign currency translation and other
(239.9
)
 
(153.9
)
 
(44.5
)
 
(77.2
)
 
(515.5
)
Balance, December 31, 2018
$
13,311.0

 
$
6,925.6

 
$
3,325.5

 
$
2,343.9

 
$
25,906.0


(a) 
This adjustment is primarily related to finalization of the Cepheid purchase price allocations.
Schedule of Finite-lived Intangible Assets And Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets By Major Class
The following summarizes the gross carrying value and accumulated amortization for each major category of intangible assets as of December 31 ($ in millions): 
 
2018
 
2017
 
Gross
Carrying
Amount
 
Accumulated
Amortization
 
Gross
Carrying
Amount
 
Accumulated
Amortization
Finite-lived intangibles:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Patents and technology
$
2,985.3

 
$
(945.2
)
 
$
2,363.5

 
$
(783.7
)
Customer relationships and other intangibles
7,302.8

 
(2,661.3
)
 
7,354.9

 
(2,203.6
)
Trademarks and trade names
190.7

 
(28.0
)
 
23.9

 
(14.0
)
Total finite-lived intangibles
10,478.8

 
(3,634.5
)
 
9,742.3

 
(3,001.3
)
Indefinite-lived intangibles:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Trademarks and trade names
4,828.8

 
—

 
4,926.1

 
—

Total intangibles
$
15,307.6

 
$
(3,634.5
)
 
$
14,668.4

 
$
(3,001.3
)