Accelerated amortization

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Amount after amortization of assets, excluding financial assets and goodwill, lacking physical substance with a finite life.

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Amount of impairment loss resulting from write-down of assets, excluding financial assets and goodwill, lacking physical substance and having a projected indefinite period of benefit to fair value.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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The current portion of nonphysical assets, excluding financial assets, if these assets are classified into the current and noncurrent portions.

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Intangible Assets and Goodwill - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended			6 Months Ended
	Mar. 30, 2024	Dec. 30, 2023	Apr. 01, 2023	Mar. 30, 2024	Apr. 01, 2023
Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Impairment of intangible assets	$ 0.9		$ 0.0	$ 5.2	$ 0.0
Mobidiag
Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Accelerated amortization		$ 7.3
BioZorb
Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Impairment of intangible assets		26.8
In-process research and development \| Mobidiag
Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Impairment of intangible assets		4.3
Intangible Assets, Current	22.4			22.4
Developed technology
Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Net	13.9			13.9
Developed technology \| BioZorb
Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Impairment of intangible assets		25.9
Trade Names
Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Net	$ 0.5			$ 0.5
Trade Names \| BioZorb
Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Impairment of intangible assets		$ 0.9