The Company (Merger) (Details) (USD $) Share data in Millions, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	0 Months Ended	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended		0 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2012	Feb. 28, 2013	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2013	Apr. 05, 2014 Mallinckrodt plc [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Conversion rights, cash consideration, per share							$ 30.00
Conversion rights, stock consideration, per share							0.897
Conversion rights, stock consideration, in shares							58.9
Conversion rights, cash consideration							$ 1,875,000,000
Dividends declared per share of common stock	$ 0.20	$ 0.20	$ 0.3	$ 0.25	$ 0.6	$ 0.50
Merger termination fee, certain circumstances per merger agreement, acquiree							194,470,000
Merger termination fee, shareholder approval not obtained. acquiree							55,560,000
Merger termination fee, certain circumstances per merger agreement, acquirer							131,450,000
Merger termination fee, shareholder approval not obtained, acquirer							$ 37,560,000