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Basis of Presentation (Details) (LVB Acquisition, Inc. [Member], USD $)	0 Months Ended	7 Months Ended
	Apr. 24, 2014	Nov. 30, 2014	Oct. 03, 2014
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Shares eligible to vote on Merger Approval			536,034,330
Shares eligible to vote on Merger Approval as a percentage of outstanding stock			97.00%
Zimmer [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Aggregate purchase price	$ 13,350,000,000
Cash paid to acquire business	10,350,000,000
Number of shares issued in acquisition	32,704,677
Equity interest issued as consideration	3,000,000,000
Share price	$ 91.73
Number of consecutive trading days used to determine the basis of share price	5 days
Repayments of outstanding debt		$ 5,714,700,000
Days to consummate merger	15 days