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Number of Product Lines

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Revenues From Transaction With Other Operating Segments Of Same Entity

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Segment Reporting, Number of Major Customers

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Long-lived assets other than financial instruments, long-term customer relationships of a financial institution, mortgage and other servicing rights, deferred policy acquisition costs, and deferred tax assets.

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

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-Topic 280

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Number of segments reported by the entity. A reportable segment is a component of an entity for which there is an accounting requirement to report separate financial information on that component in the entity's financial statements.

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Disclosure of the extent of enterprise reliance on its major customers. For example, includes revenues from transactions with a single external customer amounting to 10 percent or more of the entity's revenues, the total amount of revenues from each such customer, and the identity of the segment or segments reporting the revenues. A group of entities that the entity knows to be under common control generally will be considered a single customer for inclusion in this item. The federal government, a state government, a local government (for example, a county or municipality), or a foreign government each will generally be considered as a single customer for inclusion in this item.

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Segment and Geographic Reporting (Narrative) (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Number of Lines of Business	1spnc_NumberOfLinesOfBusiness
Number of Reportable Segments	2us-gaap_NumberOfReportableSegments
Number of Product Lines	2spnc_NumberOfProductLines
U.S. Medical
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues From Transaction With Other Operating Segments Of Same Entity	$ 8.1	$ 7.6	$ 7.5
International Medical
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Long-Lived Assets	$ 26.6	$ 11.9
Customer Concentration Risk \| Sales Revenue
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Segment Reporting, Number of Major Customers	0
Customer Concentration Risk \| Revenue or Accounts Receivable
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Disclosure of Major Customers			0
Geographic Concentration Risk \| Sales Revenue
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Segment Reporting, Number of Major Customers	0
Geographic Concentration Risk \| Revenue or Accounts Receivable
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Disclosure of Major Customers			0