Acquisitions and Acquisition-Related Items (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Apr. 26, 2013

Business Acquisition [Line Items]

Fair Value Inputs, Liabilities, Quantitative Information

($ in millions)	Fair Value at April 26, 2013		Valuation Technique	Unobservable Input	Range
				Discount rate	13% - 24%
Revenue-based payments	$	138	Discounted cash flow	Probability of payment	100%
				Projected fiscal year of payment	2014 - 2019
				Discount rate	5.9%
Product development- based payments	$	4	Discounted cash flow	Probability of payment	100%
				Projected fiscal year of payment	2016

Reconciliation of Beginning and Ending Balances of Contingent Milestone Payments Associated with Acquisitions

	Fiscal Year
(in millions)	2013			2012
Beginning Balance	$	231		$	325
Purchase price contingent consideration	3			2
Contingent milestone payments	(30		)	(141		)
Change in fair value of contingent consideration	(62		)	45
Ending Balance	$	142		$	231

China Kanghui Holdings

Business Acquisition [Line Items]

Schedule of Purchase Price Allocation

The Company recorded the identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed at fair value as follows:

(in millions)
Current assets	$	106
Property, plant, and equipment	56
Intangible assets	341
Goodwill	404
Other assets	11
Total assets acquired	918
Current liabilities	29
Long-term deferred tax liabilities, net	72
Other long-term liabilities	1
Total liabilities assumed	102
Net assets acquired	$	816

Salient

Business Acquisition [Line Items]

Schedule of Purchase Price Allocation

(in millions)
Current assets	$	20
Property, plant, and equipment	11
IPR&D	44
Other intangible assets	154
Goodwill	348
Other assets	1
Total assets acquired	578
Current liabilities	43
Long-term deferred tax liabilities, net	38
Total liabilities assumed	81
Net assets acquired	$	497

PEAK

Business Acquisition [Line Items]

Schedule of Purchase Price Allocation

(in millions)
Current assets	$	5
Property, plant, and equipment	5
Other intangible assets	74
Goodwill	56
Total assets acquired	140
Current liabilities	10
Long-term deferred tax liabilities, net	17
Total liabilities assumed	27
Net assets acquired	$	113

Ardian

Business Acquisition [Line Items]

Schedule of Purchase Price Allocation

(in millions)
Current assets	$	12
Property, plant, and equipment	1
IPR&D	191
Other intangible assets	55
Goodwill	807
Total assets acquired	1,066
Current liabilities	10
Long-term deferred tax liabilities, net	36
Total liabilities assumed	46
Net assets acquired	$	1,020

Ostotech

Business Acquisition [Line Items]

Schedule of Purchase Price Allocation

(in millions)
Current assets	$	34
Property, plant, and equipment	21
IPR&D	1
Other intangible assets	46
Goodwill	19
Inventory	41
Other long-term assets	3
Total assets acquired	165
Current liabilities	19
Other long-term liabilities	15
Long-term deferred tax liabilities, net	8
Total liabilities assumed	42
Net assets acquired	$	123

ATS Medical

Business Acquisition [Line Items]

Schedule of Purchase Price Allocation

(in millions)
Current assets	$	51
Property, plant, and equipment	7
IPR&D	6
Other intangible assets	101
Goodwill	209
Long-term deferred tax assets, net	34
Total assets acquired	408
Current liabilities	14
Total liabilities assumed	14
Net assets acquired	$	394