SEGMENT AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2017

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Total Revenue By Major Geographic Area

Net sales and profit by reportable segment for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016 are as follows:

	Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2017			2016			2017		2016
	(In thousands)
Segment Net Sales
Specialty Surgical Solutions	$	164,760		$	159,409		$	480,907	$	468,767
Orthopedics and Tissue Technologies	114,074			90,923			338,727		267,644
Total revenues	$	278,834		$	250,332		$	819,634	$	736,411
Segment Profit
Specialty Surgical Solutions	$	68,289		$	67,148		$	198,242	$	188,126
Orthopedics and Tissue Technologies	30,411			27,727			88,500		74,027
Segment profit	98,700			94,875			286,742		262,153
Amortization	(5,456		)	(3,467)			(14,976)		(10,410)
Corporate and other	(82,602		)	(61,313		)	(234,180)		(177,173		)
Operating income	$	10,642		$	30,095		$	37,586	$	74,570

The Company does not allocate any assets to the reportable segments. No asset information is reported to the chief operating decision maker and disclosed in the financial information for each segment.

The Company attributes revenues to geographic areas based on the location of the customer. Total revenue by major geographic area consisted of the following:

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2017		2016		2017		2016
	(In thousands)
United States	$	213,685	$	194,346	$	634,047	$	567,103
Europe	32,609		28,553		93,924		89,623
Rest of World	32,540		27,433		91,663		79,685
Total Revenues	$	278,834	$	250,332	$	819,634	$	736,411