Business Segments and Geographic Information (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Mar. 30, 2013

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Segment Information

Segment information is as follows:

	Three Months Ended						Six Months Ended
	March 30, 2013			March 24, 2012			March 30, 2013			March 24, 2012
Total revenues:
Diagnostics	$	296,507		$	151,841		$	602,423		$	305,905
Breast Health		220,058			218,631			440,866			433,983
GYN Surgical		73,692			77,178			154,601			155,723
Skeletal Health		22,406			23,515			46,135			48,265
	$	612,663		$	471,165		$	1,244,025		$	943,876
Operating income (loss):
Diagnostics	$	(46,978	)	$	21,619		$	(32,683	)	$	41,757
Breast Health		47,892			48,869			92,837			96,286
GYN Surgical		2,241			(63,377	)		2,863			(68,390	)
Skeletal Health		2,387			3,023			5,754			7,240
	$	5,542		$	10,134		$	68,771		$	76,893
Depreciation and amortization:
Diagnostics	$	89,402		$	39,926		$	180,944		$	79,915
Breast Health		10,124			10,470			20,054			21,074
GYN Surgical		26,524			26,217			53,003			52,305
Skeletal Health		226			428			430			870
	$	126,276		$	77,041		$	254,431		$	154,164
Capital expenditures:
Diagnostics	$	13,464		$	9,455		$	27,318		$	17,623
Breast Health		5,910			2,213			9,490			3,782
GYN Surgical		2,171			3,251			4,916			6,000
Skeletal Health		28			9			206			466
Corporate		2,823			2,823			4,913			5,686
	$	24,396		$	17,751		$	46,843		$	33,557

	March 30, 2013		September 29, 2012
Identifiable assets:
Diagnostics	$	5,951,165	$	6,170,553
Breast Health		957,783		956,134
GYN Surgical		1,898,933		1,944,386
Skeletal Health		34,156		32,778
Corporate		1,467,169		1,373,257
	$	10,309,206	$	10,477,108

Revenues by Geography

Revenues by geography as a percentage of total revenues was as follows:

	Three Months Ended						Six Months Ended
	March 30, 2013			March 24, 2012			March 30, 2013			March 24, 2012
United States		75	%		75	%		74	%		75	%
Europe		12	%		11	%		14	%		12	%
Asia		9	%		8	%		8	%		8	%
All others		4	%		6	%		4	%		5	%
		100	%		100	%		100	%		100	%