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Business Acquisitions - VivoPath (Details) € in Millions | 3 Months Ended |  |  |  |
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Sep. 26, 2015 USD ($) | Mar. 28, 2015 USD ($) | Sep. 26, 2015 EUR (€) | Sep. 26, 2015 USD ($) | Jun. 30, 2014 USD ($) | Jun. 16, 2014 USD ($) | Apr. 01, 2014 USD ($)
VivoPath [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Acquisition purchase price |  |  |  |  |  | $ 2,300,000 |
Contingent consideration |  |  |  |  |  | 1,600,000 |
Aggregate undiscounted amount of contingent consideration |  |  |  |  | $ 400,000 | 2,400,000 |
Contingent consideration |  |  |  |  |  | $ 600,000 |
Gain on decrease in the expected future contingent consideration payment | $ 1,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |
Argenta and BioFocus [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Acquisition purchase price |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 191,800,000
Contingent consideration |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 900,000
Aggregate undiscounted amount of contingent consideration |  |  | € 5.0 | $ 5,600,000 |  |  |
Gain on decrease in the expected future contingent consideration payment |  | $ 800,000 |  |  |  |  |

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