Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Assets, Including Goodwill

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Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Current Liabilities, Accrued Expenses

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Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired, Goodwill, and Liabilities Assumed, Net of Cash Acquired

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Amount of currency on hand as well as demand deposits with banks or financial institutions, acquired at the acquisition date. Includes other kinds of accounts that have the general characteristics of demand deposits. Also includes short-term, highly liquid investments that are both readily convertible to known amounts of cash and so near their maturity that they present insignificant risk of changes in value because of changes in interest rates.

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Amount of asset related to consideration paid in advance for costs that provide economic benefits in future periods, and amount of other assets that are expected to be realized or consumed within one year or the normal operating cycle, if longer, acquired at the acquisition date.

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Amount due from customers or clients for goods or services, including trade receivables, that have been delivered or sold in the normal course of business, and amounts due from others, including related parties expected to be converted to cash, sold or exchanged within one year or the normal operating cycle, if longer, acquired at the acquisition date.

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Amount of liabilities incurred for goods and services received that are used in an entity's business and related party payables, assumed at the acquisition date.

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The amount of identifiable intangible assets recognized as of the acquisition date.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 805

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-Section 50

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The amount of inventory recognized as of the acquisition date.

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Amount of liabilities assumed at the acquisition date.

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The amount of property, plant, and equipment recognized as of the acquisition date.

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Amount after accumulated impairment loss of an asset representing future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized.

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Acquisitions - Purchase Price Allocation (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Oct. 04, 2013 Radial Assist	Oct. 04, 2013 Datascope	Jan. 31, 2012 Ostial Solutions, LLC	Nov. 19, 2012 MediGroup	Dec. 19, 2012 Thomas Medical Products, Inc	Sep. 02, 2011 Ash	Oct. 04, 2013 Developed technology Radial Assist	Oct. 04, 2013 Developed technology Datascope	Jan. 31, 2012 Developed technology Ostial Solutions, LLC	Nov. 19, 2012 Developed technology MediGroup	Dec. 19, 2012 Developed technology Thomas Medical Products, Inc	Sep. 02, 2011 Developed technology Ash	Oct. 04, 2013 Customer lists Radial Assist	Oct. 04, 2013 Customer lists Datascope	Jan. 31, 2012 Customer lists Ostial Solutions, LLC	Nov. 19, 2012 Customer lists MediGroup	Dec. 19, 2012 Customer lists Thomas Medical Products, Inc	Sep. 02, 2011 Customer lists Ash	Oct. 04, 2013 Trademarks Radial Assist	Oct. 04, 2013 Trademarks Datascope	Jan. 31, 2012 Trademarks Ostial Solutions, LLC	Nov. 19, 2012 Trademarks MediGroup	Dec. 19, 2012 Trademarks Thomas Medical Products, Inc	Jan. 31, 2012 Non-compete agreements Ostial Solutions, LLC	Nov. 19, 2012 Non-compete agreements MediGroup	Dec. 19, 2012 Non-compete agreements Thomas Medical Products, Inc
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Trade receivables								$ 6,507
Inventories				16	478		263	5,459
Prepaid expenses								340
Property and equipment							79	2,685	73
Intangibles										1,520	18,200	10,500	2,000	43,000	3,200	20	390	600	110	5,000	300	40	320	110	80	1,400	10	210	500
Goodwill	184,505	175,108	61,144	904	8,112	9,580	1,697	102,407	2,697
Total assets acquired				2,500	27,500	20,800	4,439	167,298	6,270
Accounts payable								588
Accrued expenses								1,094
Total liabilities assumed								1,682
Net assets acquired, net of cash acquired								165,616
Cash acquired								$ 1,829