ACQUISITIONS AND PRO FORMA RESULTS (Narrative) (Details) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Sep. 23, 2011 Ascension Orthopedics, Inc. USD ($)	May 23, 2011 SeaSpine, Inc. USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2010 Culley USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2010 Culley AUD	May 31, 2010 Welch USD ($)
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Company acquired in cash	$ 66.0	$ 88.7	$ 1.6	1.7	$ 2.4
Business acquisition, amount paid for working capital adjustments	0.2	0.3			0.2
Business acquisition, amount received from escrow	0.7
Business acquisition, indemnification holdback		$ 7.4

Amount of cash paid to acquire the entity.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)

-Number 141R

-Paragraph 68

-Subparagraph f(1)

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)

-Number 141

-Paragraph 51

-Subparagraph d

-LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy.

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