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Commitments and Contingencies - Additional Information (Detail)
12 Months Ended 1 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
USD ($)
sqft
Mar. 31, 2014
USD ($)
Mar. 31, 2013
USD ($)
Apr. 30, 2014
USD ($)
Apr. 30, 2015
Subsequent Event
sqft
Mar. 31, 2015
For May 2014 through December 2015
USD ($)
Mar. 31, 2015
For January 2016 through February 2016
USD ($)
Mar. 31, 2015
For March 2016 through February 2018
USD ($)
Mar. 31, 2015
For March 2018 through February 2021
USD ($)
Jul. 31, 2013
Europe
Lease Agreements
sqft
Mar. 31, 2015
Europe
Lease Agreements
USD ($)
Mar. 31, 2015
Europe
Lease Agreements
EUR (€)
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]                        
Office space under operating lease 96,000abmd_OfficeSpaceUnderLease       24,560abmd_OfficeSpaceUnderLease
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        33,000abmd_OfficeSpaceUnderLease
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Facilities leases, base rent per month           $ 74,050abmd_LeaseAgreementMonthlyPayment
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$ 85,818abmd_LeaseAgreementMonthlyPayment
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$ 82,518abmd_LeaseAgreementMonthlyPayment
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$ 85,030abmd_LeaseAgreementMonthlyPayment
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  $ 37,400abmd_LeaseAgreementMonthlyPayment
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€ 34,500abmd_LeaseAgreementMonthlyPayment
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Lease, expiration date                   Jul. 31, 2023    
Rent expense 1,900,000us-gaap_LeaseAndRentalExpense 1,500,000us-gaap_LeaseAndRentalExpense 1,600,000us-gaap_LeaseAndRentalExpense                  
License agreement, upfront payment       1,500,000abmd_UpFrontLicensingFeePaid                
License agreement, maximum agreed additional payments upon achievement of development milestones       4,500,000abmd_AdditionalLicenseFeesUponAchievementOfCertainMilestones                
Payments obligations on achievement of certain development and regulatory milestones $ 3,000,000abmd_PotentialMilestonePaymentsRelatedToRegulatoryAndProductDevelopment