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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Property, Plant & Equipment Useful Life (Details)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012
Minimum [Member] | Building and Building Improvements [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Estimated Useful Lives	P25Y
Minimum [Member] | Machinery and Equipment [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Estimated Useful Lives	P8Y
Minimum [Member] | Lab Equipment [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, plant, and equipment, Useful Life	P5Y
Minimum [Member] | Furniture and Fixtures [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, plant, and equipment, Useful Life	P5Y
Minimum [Member] | Software [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, plant, and equipment, Useful Life	P3Y
Maximum [Member] | Building and Building Improvements [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Estimated Useful Lives	P30Y
Maximum [Member] | Machinery and Equipment [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Estimated Useful Lives	P12Y
Maximum [Member] | Lab Equipment [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, plant, and equipment, Useful Life	P7Y
Maximum [Member] | Furniture and Fixtures [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, plant, and equipment, Useful Life	P12Y
Maximum [Member] | Software [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, plant, and equipment, Useful Life	P5Y
Maximum [Member] | Leasehold Improvements [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, plant, and equipment, Useful Life	life of lease

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- Definition

Useful life of long lived, physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale, in Years in range.

+ References

No definition available.

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- Definition

Describes the periods of time over which an entity anticipates to receive utility from its property, plant and equipment (that is, the periods of time over which an entity allocates the initial cost of its property, plant and equipment).

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 235

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 3

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6367646&loc=d3e18780-107790



Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 360

-SubTopic 10

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/subtopic&trid=2155824

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