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Business combination payments, net of cash acquired								$ 3,252,000,000	$ 147,000,000	$ 292,000,000
Spinal Modulation [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business combination payments, net of cash acquired						$ 0
Contingent consideration						0
Total consideration						$ 124,000,000
Voting equity interest						19.00%
Remeasured fair value						$ 0
Acquisition of controlling ownership interest						40,000,000
Debt financing						0
CardioMEMS, Inc [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business combination payments, net of cash acquired							$ 0
Contingent consideration							0
Total consideration							143,000,000
Voting equity interest												19.00%
Remeasured fair value							31,000,000
Acquisition of controlling ownership interest							0					$ 60,000,000
Additional payment for acquisition												$ 375,000,000
Debt financing					$ 9,000,000		28,000,000
Remeasurement loss							29,000,000
Developed Technology Rights [Member] \| Spinal Modulation [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Intangible assets						$ 7,000,000
Weighted average useful life						12 years
In Process Research and Development [Member] \| Spinal Modulation [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Indefinite-lived intangible assets						$ 45,000,000
In Process Research and Development [Member] \| CardioMEMS, Inc [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Indefinite-lived intangible assets							$ 63,000,000
Contingent Consideration Liability [Member] \| Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Payment of contingent consideration									155,000,000
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Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Payment of contingent consideration									0
Endosense S.A. [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business combination payments, net of cash acquired			SFr 160,000,000	$ 171,000,000
Additional cash payment \| SFr			SFr 150,000,000
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Total consideration											303,000,000
Reclassification of acquired in process research and development from indefinite-lived to definite-lived				33,000,000
Remeasured fair value				0
Acquisition of controlling ownership interest											0
Debt financing				$ 0
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Weighted average useful life			7 years	7 years
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Business Acquisition [Line Items]
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Business Acquisition [Line Items]
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Nanostim [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
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Total consideration		$ 210,000,000
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Remeasured fair value		$ 33,000,000
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Debt financing		0
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Business Acquisition [Line Items]
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