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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	%

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