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Acquisitions - Purchase Price Allocation (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jun. 30, 2019	Jun. 14, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 14, 2018	Nov. 13, 2018	May 23, 2018	Feb. 14, 2018
Assets Acquired
Goodwill	$ 352,133		$ 335,433
Brightwater
Assets Acquired
Trade receivables		$ 94
Inventories		349
Property and equipment		409
Other long-term assets		30
Goodwill		16,950
Total assets acquired		49,845
Liabilities Assumed
Trade payables		(58)
Accrued expenses		(261)
Other long-term liabilities		(1,522)
Deferred income tax liabilities		(4,590)
Total liabilities assumed		(6,431)
Total net assets acquired		43,414
Brightwater \| Developed technology
Assets Acquired
Intangibles		31,680
Brightwater \| Customer lists
Assets Acquired
Intangibles		83
Brightwater \| Trademarks
Assets Acquired
Intangibles		$ 250
Vascular Insights
Assets Acquired
Inventories				$ 1,353
Goodwill				21,847
Total assets acquired				58,200
Vascular Insights \| Developed technology
Assets Acquired
Intangibles				32,750
Vascular Insights \| Customer lists
Assets Acquired
Intangibles				840
Vascular Insights \| Trademarks
Assets Acquired
Intangibles				$ 1,410
Cianna Medical
Assets Acquired
Trade receivables					$ 6,151
Inventories					5,803
Prepaid expenses and other assets					315
Property and equipment					1,047
Other long-term assets					14
Goodwill					65,802
Total assets acquired					224,052
Liabilities Assumed
Trade payables					(1,497)
Accrued expenses					(2,384)
Other long-term liabilities					(1,527)
Deferred income tax liabilities					(30,363)
Total liabilities assumed					(35,771)
Total net assets acquired					188,281
Cianna Medical \| Developed technology
Assets Acquired
Intangibles					134,510
Cianna Medical \| Customer lists
Assets Acquired
Intangibles					3,330
Cianna Medical \| Trademarks
Assets Acquired
Intangibles					$ 7,080
DirectACCESS Medical, LLC
Assets Acquired
Inventories						$ 971
Goodwill						938
Total assets acquired						7,269
DirectACCESS Medical, LLC \| Developed technology
Assets Acquired
Intangibles						4,840
DirectACCESS Medical, LLC \| Customer lists
Assets Acquired
Intangibles						120
DirectACCESS Medical, LLC \| Trademarks
Assets Acquired
Intangibles						$ 400
Becton, Dickinson and Company
Assets Acquired
Inventories							$ 5,804
Property and equipment							748
Goodwill							9,728
Total assets acquired							101,880
Becton, Dickinson and Company \| Developed technology
Assets Acquired
Intangibles							74,000
Becton, Dickinson and Company \| Customer lists
Assets Acquired
Intangibles							4,200
Becton, Dickinson and Company \| Trademarks
Assets Acquired
Intangibles							4,900
Becton, Dickinson and Company \| In-process technology
Assets Acquired
Intangibles							$ 2,500