Supplemental Balance Sheet Data (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Supplemental Balance Sheet Data [Abstract]

Accounts receivable consist of the following (dollars in thousands):

	September 30,			December 31,
	2011			2010
Gross trade accounts receivable:
Americas:
AHS and TSS	$	307,940		$	341,874
LifeCell		42,898			39,251

Subtotal Americas		350,838			381,125

EMEA		111,387			106,174
APAC		13,877			11,583

Total trade accounts receivable		476,102			498,882

Less: Allowance for revenue adjustments		(69,834	)		(87,035	)

Gross trade accounts receivable		406,268			411,847

Less: Allowance for bad debt		(9,854	)		(9,970	)

Net trade accounts receivable		396,414			401,877

Other receivables		7,590			12,206

	$	404,004		$	414,083

Inventories, net

Inventories are stated at the lower of cost (first-in, first-out) or market (net realizable value). Inventories consist of the following (dollars in thousands):

	September 30,			December 31,
	2011			2010

Finished goods and tissue available for distribution	$	83,396		$	92,769
Goods and tissue in-process		24,925			9,507
Raw materials, supplies, parts and unprocessed tissue		83,071			96,197

		191,392			198,473

Less: Amounts expected to be converted into equipment for short-term rental		(17,054	)		(10,008	)
Reserve for excess and obsolete inventory		(13,505	)		(15,913	)

	$	160,833		$	172,552