Distribution Agreements	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Distribution Agreements [Abstract]
Distribution Agreements	4. Distribution Agreements ProCol Distribution Agreement In 2014 CryoLife acquired the exclusive worldwide distribution rights for ProCol from Hancock Jaffe Laboratories, Inc. (“Hancock Jaffe”). The agreement between CryoLife and Hancock Jaffe (the “HJ Agreement”) has an initial three-year term and is renewable for two one-year periods at CryoLife’s option. Per the terms of the HJ Agreement, CryoLife has the option to acquire the ProCol product line from Hancock Jaffe beginning in March 2016. ProCol, which is approved for sale in the U.S., is a biological graft derived from a bovine mesenteric vein that provides vascular access for ESRD hemodialysis patients. It is intended for the creation of a bridge graft for vascular access subsequent to at least one previously failed prosthetic access graft. ProCol is complementary to the Company’s HeRO Graft, which also serves patients with ESRD; however, ProCol provides vascular access for ESRD patients in an earlier stage of the treatment protocol than the HeRO Graft. In accordance with the terms of the HJ Agreement, CryoLife made payments to Hancock Jaffe of $1.7 million during 2014 and $576,000 in January 2015. In exchange for these payments, CryoLife obtained the right to receive a designated amount of ProCol inventory for resale, a portion of which the Company received in 2014. Subsequent to this initial inventory purchase, CryoLife can purchase additional units from Hancock Jaffe at an agreed upon transfer price. The Company began limited distribution of ProCol in the second quarter of 2014. On September 29, 2014 Hancock Jaffe received FDA approval of the Premarket Approval (“PMA”) Supplement associated with its new manufacturing facility, and the Company began shipping product made in this new facility in the fourth quarter of 2014. PhotoFix Distribution Agreement In 2014 CryoLife entered into an exclusive supply and distribution agreement with Genesee Biomedical, Inc. to acquire the distribution rights to PhotoFix, a bovine pericardial patch stabilized using a dye-mediated photo-fixation process that requires no glutaraldehyde. PhotoFix, which was last commercially available in 2010, has received FDA 510(k) clearance and is indicated for use in intracardiac repair, including ventricular repair and atrial repair, great vessel repair and suture line buttressing, and pericardial closure. In January 2015 the Company received its initial shipments and launched its distribution of PhotoFix.

4. Distribution Agreements

ProCol Distribution Agreement

In 2014 CryoLife acquired the exclusive worldwide distribution rights for ProCol from Hancock Jaffe Laboratories, Inc. (“Hancock Jaffe”). The agreement between CryoLife and Hancock Jaffe (the “HJ Agreement”) has an initial three-year term and is renewable for two one-year periods at CryoLife’s option. Per the terms of the HJ Agreement, CryoLife has the option to acquire the ProCol product line from Hancock Jaffe beginning in March 2016.

ProCol, which is approved for sale in the U.S., is a biological graft derived from a bovine mesenteric vein that provides vascular access for ESRD hemodialysis patients. It is intended for the creation of a bridge graft for vascular access subsequent to at least one previously failed prosthetic access graft. ProCol is complementary to the Company’s HeRO Graft, which also serves patients with ESRD; however, ProCol provides vascular access for ESRD patients in an earlier stage of the treatment protocol than the HeRO Graft.

In accordance with the terms of the HJ Agreement, CryoLife made payments to Hancock Jaffe of $1.7 million during 2014 and $576,000 in January 2015. In exchange for these payments, CryoLife obtained the right to receive a designated amount of ProCol inventory for resale, a portion of which the Company received in 2014. Subsequent to this initial inventory purchase, CryoLife can purchase additional units from Hancock Jaffe at an agreed upon transfer price. The Company began limited distribution of ProCol in the second quarter of 2014. On September 29, 2014 Hancock Jaffe received FDA approval of the Premarket Approval (“PMA”) Supplement associated with its new manufacturing facility, and the Company began shipping product made in this new facility in the fourth quarter of 2014.

PhotoFix Distribution Agreement

In 2014 CryoLife entered into an exclusive supply and distribution agreement with Genesee Biomedical, Inc. to acquire the distribution rights to PhotoFix, a bovine pericardial patch stabilized using a dye-mediated photo-fixation process that requires no glutaraldehyde. PhotoFix, which was last commercially available in 2010, has received FDA 510(k) clearance and is indicated for use in intracardiac repair, including ventricular repair and atrial repair, great vessel repair and suture line buttressing, and pericardial closure. In January 2015 the Company received its initial shipments and launched its distribution of PhotoFix.