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The amount of revenue recognized for the period under subleasing arrangements.

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The amount of cash paid for royalties during the current period.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Related Party Transactions (Details)	Jan. 26, 2016 ft²	Jul. 02, 2016 USD ($) death	Jul. 04, 2015 USD ($)	Jul. 02, 2016 USD ($) ft² death	Jul. 04, 2015 USD ($)	Jan. 02, 2016 USD ($)
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Property Plant and Equipment, Occupied Square Feet \| ft²	70,700			16,830
Estimate of Annual Preventable Hospital Deaths Prevented by 2020 \| death		200,000		200,000
Cercacor Laboratories [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Payments for Royalties		$ 1,600,000.0	$ 1,300,000.0	$ 3,200,000.0	$ 2,600,000.0
Payment for Administrative Fees		100,000	100,000	100,000	100,000
Costs Reimbursed			100,000	100,000	$ 200,000
Operating Leases, Income Statement, Sublease Revenue		100,000
Related Party Transaction, Other Revenues from Transactions with Related Party		0	$ 0	100,000
Related Party Transaction, Due from (to) Related Party		$ 100,000		100,000		$ 1,100,000
Variable Interest Entity, Not Primary Beneficiary [Member] \| Minimum
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Payments for Royalties				$ 5,000,000.0