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	Dec. 31, 2014	Sep. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2014	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Sep. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2013	Mar. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2014 Segment	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2009
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Customers and Distributors Based in Europe [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Net sales										59,000,000
Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation ("MTF") [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Expenditures for other research and development										300,000	2,500,000	3,000,000
Collaborative Arrangement [Member] \| Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation ("MTF") [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Period of agreement with MTF													10 years
Extended Period of existing agreement with MTF										15 years
Marketing fee										50,400,000	47,700,000	46,500,000
Spine Fixation and our Extremity Fixation reportable units [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Impairment of goodwill						19,200,000
Developed Technology [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Weighted average amortization period ( in years)										11 years
Instrumentation [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
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