Medafor Matters	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2012
Medafor Matters [Abstract]
Medafor Matters	8. Medafor Matters Overview CryoLife began distributing HemoStase in 2008 for Medafor, Inc. (“Medafor”) under an Exclusive Distribution Agreement (“EDA”). In November 2009 and in 2010 the Company executed stock purchase agreements to purchase a total of approximately 2.4 million shares of common stock in Medafor for $4.9 million. The Company’s carrying value of this investment included the purchase price and adjustments to record certain of the stock purchase agreements’ embedded derivative liabilities at the fair market value on the purchase date, as discussed further below. As Medafor’s common stock is not actively traded on any public stock exchange, because Medafor is a non-reporting company for which financial information is not readily available, and as the Company does not exert significant influence over the operations of Medafor, the Company accounted for this investment using the cost method and recorded it as a long-term asset, investment in equity securities, on the Company’s Summary Consolidated Balance Sheets. HemoStase Inventory Based on Medafor’s final termination of the EDA in late September 2010, the Company performed a review of its HemoStase inventory and determined that the carrying value was impaired. As a result CryoLife wrote down the value of this inventory in the third quarter of 2010. The amount of this write-down reflected management’s estimate based on information available at that time. The Company was able to sell more HemoStase than it originally estimated and that had previously been written down; therefore, cost of products in the first quarter of 2011 was favorably impacted by approximately $330,000. As of September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011 the Company had zero in remaining value of HemoStase inventory on its Summary Consolidated Balance Sheets. Investment in Medafor Common Stock During the quarter ended September 30, 2012 the Company reviewed available information and determined that no factors were present indicating that the Company should evaluate the carrying value of its investment in Medafor common stock for impairment. The carrying value of the Company’s 2.4 million shares of Medafor common stock was approximately $2.6 million as of both September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011. The Company will continue to evaluate the carrying value of this investment if factors become known that indicate the Company should evaluate its investment in Medafor common stock for impairment. If the Company subsequently determines that the value of its Medafor common stock has been impaired, or if the Company decides to sell its Medafor common stock for less than the carrying value, the resulting impairment charge or realized loss on sale of the investment in Medafor could be material. If the Company subsequently sells its Medafor common stock for higher than the carrying value, the resulting gain on the sale of the investment in Medafor could be material. Medafor Derivative Per the terms of certain of the stock purchase agreements for the Medafor shares discussed above, in the event that CryoLife acquires more than 50% of the diluted outstanding stock of Medafor or merges with Medafor within a three-year period from each respective agreement date (a “Triggering Event”), CryoLife is required to make a future per share payment (the “Purchase Price Make-Whole Payment”) to such sellers. The Company was required to account for these Purchase Price Make-Whole Payment provisions as embedded derivatives (collectively the “Medafor Derivative”). CryoLife performed a valuation of the Medafor Derivative using a Black-Scholes model to estimate the future value of the shares on the purchase date. Management’s assumptions as to the likelihood of a Triggering Event occurring coupled with the valuation of the Purchase Price Make-Whole Payment were then used to calculate the derivative liability. The fair value of the Medafor Derivative was initially recorded as an increase to the investment in equity securities and a corresponding derivative liability on the Company’s Summary Consolidated Balance Sheets. As of September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011 the Company believed that the likelihood of a Triggering Event was remote and the value of the Medafor Derivative was zero. Legal Action As previously discussed in CryoLife’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2012 and its prior filings, CryoLife filed a lawsuit against Medafor in 2009 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia (“Georgia Court”). In 2010 Medafor filed counterclaims against CryoLife in the same case. The litigation related to an exclusive distribution agreement that the parties entered into in April 2008. On June 8, 2012 the parties agreed to a settlement of their litigation and entered into a further settlement agreement on June 25, 2012. Per the settlement, Medafor paid $3.5 million in cash to CryoLife in the third quarter of 2012. Pursuant to the terms of the settlement, all claims and counterclaims in the litigation were dismissed with prejudice, including Medafor’s counterclaim for payment of approximately $1.2 million for product purchased by CryoLife, which amount had previously been recorded as a payable on CryoLife’s balance sheet. Each party also released the other from all claims and liabilities, except with respect to possible claims that Medafor may have against CryoLife regarding certain patent-related rights, which were not counterclaims filed by Medafor. CryoLife and Medafor agreed and acknowledged that each party would bear its own costs and expenses, including attorneys’ fees, incurred in or as a result of the litigation. On June 29, 2012 the parties jointly filed stipulated dismissals with prejudice with the Georgia Court. Accounting for the Settlement As a result of the settlement described above, CryoLife recorded a gain of $4.7 million as a reduction in general, administrative, and marketing expenses on its Summary Consolidated Statement of Operations and Comprehensive Income in the second quarter of 2012 and recorded a reduction in accounts payable of $1.2 million to write off a payable for previous inventory purchases, which was discharged pursuant to the settlement agreement.

8. Medafor Matters

Overview

CryoLife began distributing HemoStase in 2008 for Medafor, Inc. (“Medafor”) under an Exclusive Distribution Agreement (“EDA”). In November 2009 and in 2010 the Company executed stock purchase agreements to purchase a total of approximately 2.4 million shares of common stock in Medafor for $4.9 million. The Company’s carrying value of this investment included the purchase price and adjustments to record certain of the stock purchase agreements’ embedded derivative liabilities at the fair market value on the purchase date, as discussed further below. As Medafor’s common stock is not actively traded on any public stock exchange, because Medafor is a non-reporting company for which financial information is not readily available, and as the Company does not exert significant influence over the operations of Medafor, the Company accounted for this investment using the cost method and recorded it as a long-term asset, investment in equity securities, on the Company’s Summary Consolidated Balance Sheets.

HemoStase Inventory

Based on Medafor’s final termination of the EDA in late September 2010, the Company performed a review of its HemoStase inventory and determined that the carrying value was impaired. As a result CryoLife wrote down the value of this inventory in the third quarter of 2010. The amount of this write-down reflected management’s estimate based on information available at that time. The Company was able to sell more HemoStase than it originally estimated and that had previously been written down; therefore, cost of products in the first quarter of 2011 was favorably impacted by approximately $330,000. As of September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011 the Company had zero in remaining value of HemoStase inventory on its Summary Consolidated Balance Sheets.

Investment in Medafor Common Stock

During the quarter ended September 30, 2012 the Company reviewed available information and determined that no factors were present indicating that the Company should evaluate the carrying value of its investment in Medafor common stock for impairment. The carrying value of the Company’s 2.4 million shares of Medafor common stock was approximately $2.6 million as of both September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011.

The Company will continue to evaluate the carrying value of this investment if factors become known that indicate the Company should evaluate its investment in Medafor common stock for impairment. If the Company subsequently determines that the value of its Medafor common stock has been impaired, or if the Company decides to sell its Medafor common stock for less than the carrying value, the resulting impairment charge or realized loss on sale of the investment in Medafor could be material. If the Company subsequently sells its Medafor common stock for higher than the carrying value, the resulting gain on the sale of the investment in Medafor could be material.

Medafor Derivative

Per the terms of certain of the stock purchase agreements for the Medafor shares discussed above, in the event that CryoLife acquires more than 50% of the diluted outstanding stock of Medafor or merges with Medafor within a three-year period from each respective agreement date (a “Triggering Event”), CryoLife is required to make a future per share payment (the “Purchase Price Make-Whole Payment”) to such sellers. The Company was required to account for these Purchase Price Make-Whole Payment provisions as embedded derivatives (collectively the “Medafor Derivative”).

CryoLife performed a valuation of the Medafor Derivative using a Black-Scholes model to estimate the future value of the shares on the purchase date. Management’s assumptions as to the likelihood of a Triggering Event occurring coupled with the valuation of the Purchase Price Make-Whole Payment were then used to calculate the derivative liability. The fair value of the Medafor Derivative was initially recorded as an increase to the investment in equity securities and a corresponding derivative liability on the Company’s Summary Consolidated Balance Sheets.

As of September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011 the Company believed that the likelihood of a Triggering Event was remote and the value of the Medafor Derivative was zero.

Legal Action

As previously discussed in CryoLife’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2012 and its prior filings, CryoLife filed a lawsuit against Medafor in 2009 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia (“Georgia Court”). In 2010 Medafor filed counterclaims against CryoLife in the same case. The litigation related to an exclusive distribution agreement that the parties entered into in April 2008.

On June 8, 2012 the parties agreed to a settlement of their litigation and entered into a further settlement agreement on June 25, 2012. Per the settlement, Medafor paid $3.5 million in cash to CryoLife in the third quarter of 2012. Pursuant to the terms of the settlement, all claims and counterclaims in the litigation were dismissed with prejudice, including Medafor’s counterclaim for payment of approximately $1.2 million for product purchased by CryoLife, which amount had previously been recorded as a payable on CryoLife’s balance sheet. Each party also released the other from all claims and liabilities, except with respect to possible claims that Medafor may have against CryoLife regarding certain patent-related rights, which were not counterclaims filed by Medafor. CryoLife and Medafor agreed and acknowledged that each party would bear its own costs and expenses, including attorneys’ fees, incurred in or as a result of the litigation.

On June 29, 2012 the parties jointly filed stipulated dismissals with prejudice with the Georgia Court.

Accounting for the Settlement

As a result of the settlement described above, CryoLife recorded a gain of $4.7 million as a reduction in general, administrative, and marketing expenses on its Summary Consolidated Statement of Operations and Comprehensive Income in the second quarter of 2012 and recorded a reduction in accounts payable of $1.2 million to write off a payable for previous inventory purchases, which was discharged pursuant to the settlement agreement.