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Commitments and Contingencies - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	0 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended			3 Months Ended					1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
	Oct. 29, 2013	Mar. 30, 2013	Mar. 29, 2014	Mar. 30, 2013	Sep. 04, 2012	Dec. 29, 2012 Adiana, Inc. [Member]	Dec. 29, 2012 Sentinelle Medical Inc. [Member]	Dec. 28, 2013 Interlace Business. [Member]	Mar. 30, 2013 Interlace Business. [Member]	Mar. 29, 2014 Interlace Business. [Member]	Jun. 30, 2011 TCT International Co., Ltd. [Member]	Dec. 29, 2013 TCT International Co., Ltd. [Member]	Sep. 28, 2013 TCT International Co., Ltd. [Member]
Contingent Consideration Earn-Out Payments [Line Items]
Payment of contingent consideration				$ 42,433,000		$ 16,800,000	$ 3,400,000		$ 86,900,000			$ 31,100,000	$ 87,400,000
Contingent payments period								2 years			2 years
Contingent consideration - fair value adjustments		799,000		10,839,000					93,800,000
Accrued contingent payments										3,400,000
Contingent consideration compensation expense		29,388,000	0	58,874,000
Assessed damages					4,000,000
Additional Payments	$ 14,700,000

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

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 805

-SubTopic 30

-Section 50

-Paragraph 4

-Subparagraph (a)(1)

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