Sales Of Business Components	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2017
Sales Of Business Components [Abstract]
Sales Of Business Components	5. Sale of Business Components Divestiture of the HeRO Graft Product Line On February 3, 2016 the Company sold its Hemodialysis Reliable Outflow Graft (“HeRO® Graft”) product line to Merit Medical Systems, Inc. (“Merit”) for $18.5 million in cash (“HeRO Sale”), of which $17.8 million was received on the transaction date and the remaining $740,000 was received in the first quarter of 2017. Under terms of the agreement, Merit acquired the HeRO Graft product line, including worldwide marketing rights, customer relationships, intellectual property, inventory, and certain property and equipment. The Company continued to manufacture the HeRO Graft under a transition supply agreement until the manufacturing transfer to Merit was completed in the second quarter of 2016. Sales prices under the transition supply agreement were at lower average prices than the Company’s previous sales to hospitals at end-user prices. The HeRO Graft product line was included as part of the Company’s Medical Devices segment. The Company recorded a pre-tax gain of approximately $8.8 million on the HeRO Sale. ProCol Distribution Agreement and Divestiture of the ProCol Product Line In 2014 CryoLife acquired the exclusive worldwide distribution rights to ProCol® Vascular Bioprosthesis (“ProCol”) from Hancock Jaffe Laboratories, Inc. (“Hancock Jaffe”). In accordance with the terms of the agreement, CryoLife made payments to Hancock Jaffe totaling $3.4 million for which CryoLife obtained the right to receive a designated amount of ProCol inventory for resale. As of March 18, 2016 CryoLife had received $1.7 million in inventory. The remaining $1.7 million in prepayments for inventory not yet delivered to CryoLife were settled as part of the ProCol Sale, described below. On March 18, 2016 the Company sold its ProCol distribution rights and purchase option to LeMaitre Vascular, Inc. (“LeMaitre”) for $2.0 million in cash (“ProCol Sale”), all of which was received by March 31, 2016. Under the terms of the agreement, LeMaitre acquired the ProCol related assets, including inventory, customer lists, related marketing assets, and the Company’s purchase option to acquire ProCol. LeMaitre exercised the option to acquire ProCol from Hancock Jaffe Laboratories. The ProCol product was included as part of the Company’s Medical Devices segment. The Company recorded a pre-tax loss of approximately $845,000 on the ProCol Sale. Disclosure of the HeRO Sale and the ProCol Sale Financial Accounting Standards Board ASU 2014-08, Reporting Discontinued Operations and Disclosures of Disposals of Components of an Entity, (“ASU 2014-08”) defines the criteria for reporting discontinued operations and requires additional disclosures about discontinued operations. The standard requires that an entity report a disposal as a discontinued operation only if the disposal represents a strategic shift in operations that has a major effect on the Company’s operations and financial results. In the first quarter of 2016 the Company completed the HeRO Sale and the ProCol Sale. The Company received cash for these transactions and recorded these sales in March 2016. Therefore, as of March 31, 2016 both transactions met the disposed of by sale criteria under ASU 2014-08. The Company evaluated the impact of the HeRO Sale and the ProCol Sale on the Company’s business to determine whether these disposals represent a strategic shift that has, or will have, a major effect on the Company’s financial position, results of operations, or cash flows. As the HeRO Graft and ProCol product lines combined represented less than 10% of total Company revenues for the year ended December 31, 2015 and the Company’s total assets as of December 31, 2015, the Company believes that these transactions did not have a major effect on the Company’s operations and financial condition, either individually or in the aggregate, and therefore, the Company did not disclose these transactions as discontinued operations. The combined net gain from the HeRO Sale and ProCol Sale was therefore reported as gain from sale of business components on the Company’s Summary Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income.

5. Sale of Business Components

Divestiture of the HeRO Graft Product Line

On February 3, 2016 the Company sold its Hemodialysis Reliable Outflow Graft (“HeRO® Graft”) product line to Merit Medical Systems, Inc. (“Merit”) for $18.5 million in cash (“HeRO Sale”), of which $17.8 million was received on the transaction date and the remaining $740,000 was received in the first quarter of 2017. Under terms of the agreement, Merit acquired the HeRO Graft product line, including worldwide marketing rights, customer relationships, intellectual property, inventory, and certain property and equipment. The Company continued to manufacture the HeRO Graft under a transition supply agreement until the manufacturing transfer to Merit was completed in the second quarter of 2016. Sales prices under the transition supply agreement were at lower average prices than the Company’s previous sales to hospitals at end-user prices. The HeRO Graft product line was included as part of the Company’s Medical Devices segment. The Company recorded a pre-tax gain of approximately $8.8 million on the HeRO Sale.

ProCol Distribution Agreement and Divestiture of the ProCol Product Line

In 2014 CryoLife acquired the exclusive worldwide distribution rights to ProCol® Vascular Bioprosthesis (“ProCol”) from Hancock Jaffe Laboratories, Inc. (“Hancock Jaffe”). In accordance with the terms of the agreement, CryoLife made payments to Hancock Jaffe totaling $3.4 million for which CryoLife obtained the right to receive a designated amount of ProCol inventory for resale. As of March 18, 2016 CryoLife had received $1.7 million in inventory. The remaining $1.7 million in prepayments for inventory not yet delivered to CryoLife were settled as part of the ProCol Sale, described below.

On March 18, 2016 the Company sold its ProCol distribution rights and purchase option to LeMaitre Vascular, Inc. (“LeMaitre”) for $2.0 million in cash (“ProCol Sale”), all of which was received by March 31, 2016. Under the terms of the agreement, LeMaitre acquired the ProCol related assets, including inventory, customer lists, related marketing assets, and the Company’s purchase option to acquire ProCol. LeMaitre exercised the option to acquire ProCol from Hancock Jaffe Laboratories. The ProCol product was included as part of the Company’s Medical Devices segment. The Company recorded a pre-tax loss of approximately $845,000 on the ProCol Sale.

Disclosure of the HeRO Sale and the ProCol Sale

Financial Accounting Standards Board ASU 2014-08, Reporting Discontinued Operations and Disclosures of Disposals of Components of an Entity, (“ASU 2014-08”) defines the criteria for reporting discontinued operations and requires additional disclosures about discontinued operations. The standard requires that an entity report a disposal as a discontinued operation only if the disposal represents a strategic shift in operations that has a major effect on the Company’s operations and financial results.

In the first quarter of 2016 the Company completed the HeRO Sale and the ProCol Sale. The Company received cash for these transactions and recorded these sales in March 2016. Therefore, as of March 31, 2016 both transactions met the disposed of by sale criteria under ASU 2014-08.

The Company evaluated the impact of the HeRO Sale and the ProCol Sale on the Company’s business to determine whether these disposals represent a strategic shift that has, or will have, a major effect on the Company’s financial position, results of operations, or cash flows. As the HeRO Graft and ProCol product lines combined represented less than 10% of total Company revenues for the year ended December 31, 2015 and the Company’s total assets as of December 31, 2015, the Company believes that these transactions did not have a major effect on the Company’s operations and financial condition, either individually or in the aggregate, and therefore, the Company did not disclose these transactions as discontinued operations. The combined net gain from the HeRO Sale and ProCol Sale was therefore reported as gain from sale of business components on the Company’s Summary Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income.