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Property, Plant, and Equipment, at Cost (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	May 31, 2014	May 31, 2013	May 31, 2012
Property, plant and equipment
Property, plant and equipment	$ 103,406,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross	$ 90,783,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization	(37,845,000)us-gaap_AccumulatedDepreciationDepletionAndAmortizationPropertyPlantAndEquipment	(29,421,000)us-gaap_AccumulatedDepreciationDepletionAndAmortizationPropertyPlantAndEquipment
Property, plant and equipment excluding land and land improvements	65,561,000ango_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentExcludingLandAndLandImprovements	61,362,000ango_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentExcludingLandAndLandImprovements
Land and land improvements	1,029,000us-gaap_LandAndLandImprovements	1,029,000us-gaap_LandAndLandImprovements
Property, plant and equipment, Net	66,590,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet	62,391,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet	55,610,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet
Depreciation expense	8,400,000us-gaap_Depreciation	8,700,000us-gaap_Depreciation	3,600,000us-gaap_Depreciation
Trade shows	62,000ango_TradeShows	487,000ango_TradeShows
Building and building improvements [Member]
Property, plant and equipment
Property, plant and equipment	33,126,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = us-gaap_BuildingAndBuildingImprovementsMember	30,150,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = us-gaap_BuildingAndBuildingImprovementsMember
Estimated useful lives	39 years
Machinery and equipment [Member]
Property, plant and equipment
Property, plant and equipment	31,880,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = us-gaap_MachineryAndEquipmentMember	30,870,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = us-gaap_MachineryAndEquipmentMember
Machinery and equipment [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Property, plant and equipment
Estimated useful lives	3 years
Machinery and equipment [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Property, plant and equipment
Estimated useful lives	8 years
Computer software and equipment [Member]
Property, plant and equipment
Property, plant and equipment	25,836,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = us-gaap_ComputerEquipmentMember	16,390,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = us-gaap_ComputerEquipmentMember
Computer software and equipment [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Property, plant and equipment
Estimated useful lives	3 years
Computer software and equipment [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Property, plant and equipment
Estimated useful lives	10 years
Construction in progress [Member]
Property, plant and equipment
Property, plant and equipment	$ 12,564,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = us-gaap_ConstructionInProgressMember	$ 13,373,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = us-gaap_ConstructionInProgressMember

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Property plant and equipment excluding land and land improvements.

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Amount of accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization for physical assets used in the normal conduct of business to produce goods and services.

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The amount of expense recognized in the current period that reflects the allocation of the cost of tangible assets over the assets' useful lives. Includes production and non-production related depreciation.

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Amount before accumulated deprecation and depletion of real estate held for productive use and additions or improvements to real estate held for productive use, examples include, but are not limited to, walkways, driveways, fences, and parking lots. Excludes land held for sale.

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