Revenue (Details) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($) countries	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Emerging Markets total number of countries | countries	20
Net sales	$ 12,682	$ 11,888	$ 9,913
Contract with Customer, Liability, Cumulative Catch-up Adjustment to Revenue, Change in Estimate of Transaction Price			179
Contract with Customer, Liability [Abstract]
Contract with Customer, Liability	509	484
Change in Contract with Customer, Liability [Abstract]
Contract with Customer, Liability, Cumulative Catch-up Adjustment to Revenue, Change in Estimate of Transaction Price			179
Contract with Customer, Liability, Revenue Recognized	156
UNITED STATES
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Net sales	7,632	6,911	5,701
Non-US [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Net sales	5,111	4,978	4,212
EMEA [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Net sales	2,526	2,518	2,097
APAC [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Net sales	2,116	2,070	1,781
Latin America and Canada [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Net sales	469	386	307
Emerging Markets [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Net sales	1,715	1,429	1,138
country_US excluding Other Net Sales
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Net sales	7,632	6,901	5,508
Global Endoscopy (Endo) Reporting Unit [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Net sales	2,221	2,141	1,780
Global Endoscopy (Endo) Reporting Unit [Member] | UNITED STATES
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Net sales	1,341	1,222	1,000
Global Endoscopy (Endo) Reporting Unit [Member] | Non-US [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Net sales	880	919	780
Global Urology and Pelvic Health Reporting Unit [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Net sales	1,773	1,583	1,286
Global Urology and Pelvic Health Reporting Unit [Member] | UNITED STATES
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Net sales	1,257	1,120	918
Global Urology and Pelvic Health Reporting Unit [Member] | Non-US [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Net sales	516	463	368
Global Neuromodulation (NM) Reporting Unit [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Net sales	917	909	761
Global Neuromodulation (NM) Reporting Unit [Member] | UNITED STATES
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Net sales	715	713	610
Global Neuromodulation (NM) Reporting Unit [Member] | Non-US [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Net sales	202	196	151
Global Peripheral Interventions (PI) Reporting Unit [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Net sales	1,899	1,820	1,577
Global Peripheral Interventions (PI) Reporting Unit [Member] | UNITED STATES
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Net sales	1,048	996	888
Global Peripheral Interventions (PI) Reporting Unit [Member] | Non-US [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Net sales	850	824	689
Interventional Cardiology Therapies
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Net sales	2,228	2,209	1,975
Interventional Cardiology Therapies | UNITED STATES
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Net sales	744	778	728
Interventional Cardiology Therapies | Non-US [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Net sales	1,485	1,431	1,247
Cardiac Rhythm Management
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Net sales	2,100	2,019	1,704
Cardiac Rhythm Management | UNITED STATES
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Net sales	1,337	1,214	992
Cardiac Rhythm Management | Non-US [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Net sales	763	805	712
Electrophysiology (EP)
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Net sales	585	365	287
Electrophysiology (EP) | UNITED STATES
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Net sales	275	128	118
Electrophysiology (EP) | Non-US [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Net sales	310	237	169
Watchman
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Net sales	1,019	829	324
Watchman | UNITED STATES
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Net sales	915	729	253
Watchman | Non-US [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Net sales	103	100	71
Global Cardiology Reporting Unit
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Net sales	5,932	5,422	4,290
Global Cardiology Reporting Unit | UNITED STATES
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Net sales	3,271	2,850	2,091
Global Cardiology Reporting Unit | Non-US [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Net sales	2,662	2,572	2,199
Other
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Net sales	(60)	13	219
Other | UNITED STATES
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Net sales	0	10	193
Other | Non-US [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Net sales	0	4	27
MedSurg [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Net sales	4,911	4,633	3,827
MedSurg [Member] | UNITED STATES
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Net sales	3,312	3,055	2,528
MedSurg [Member] | Non-US [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Net sales	1,599	1,578	1,299
Cardiovascular [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Net sales	7,831	7,242	5,866
Cardiovascular [Member] | UNITED STATES
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Net sales	4,319	3,846	2,979
Cardiovascular [Member] | Non-US [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Net sales	$ 3,512	$ 3,396	$ 2,888