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Exclusive Distribution Agreement, Distribution Fee

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Securites Purchase Option Agreement, Expiration Period

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Securities Option Agreement, Fair Value

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Securities Purchase Option Agreement

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Securities Purchase Option Agreement, Option To Acquire Oustanding Securities, Amount

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Third Tranche Of Funding For Secured Loan, Minimum Percentage Of Required Number Of Patients

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Three Tranches Of Funding For Secured Loan Per Tranche

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Fair value portion of loan receivable, including, but not limited to, mortgage loans held for investment, finance receivables held for investment, policy loans on insurance contracts.

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The amount of financial or other support the reporting entity has provided (explicitly or implicitly) to the Variable Interest Entity (VIE) that it was not previously contractually required to provide or that the reporting entity intends to provide, including, for example, situations in which the reporting entity assisted the VIE in obtaining another type of support.

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Agreements With Endospan (Narrative) (Details) - Endospan [Member] - USD ($)		1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
	Sep. 11, 2019	Sep. 30, 2019	Jun. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Securities purchase option agreement	$ 1,000,000.0	$ 1,000,000.0
Securities purchase option agreement, expiration period				90 days
Per three tranches of funding	$ 5,000,000.0
Required percentage of number of patients before third tranche of loan funding can be acquired	50.00%
Investment in VIE	$ 15,000,000.0			$ 15,000,000.0
Additional amounts			$ 0	0
Endospan loan, fair value		358,000
Securities option agreement, fair value			4,800,000	4,800,000
Distribution agreements, fair value			$ 8,200,000	$ 8,200,000	$ 9,800,000
Minimum [Member]
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Option to purchase outstanding securities		350,000,000.0
Maximum [Member]
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Option to purchase outstanding securities		$ 450,000,000.0
Secured Debt [Member]
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Loan amount	15,000,000.0
JOTEC (including NEXUS) [Member]
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Distribution fee	$ 9,000,000.0