Segment Reporting And Foreign Operations Segment Reporting And Foreign Operations (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Revenue from External Customers by Products and Services [Table Text Block]

Listed below are the sales by business segment for the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009 (in thousands):

	Year Ended December 31,
	% Change		2011		% Change		2010		% Change		2009
Cardiovascular
Stand-alone devices	15	%	$	101,959	16	%	$	88,586	12	%	$	76,075
Custom kits and procedure trays	11	%	91,532		11	%	82,799		12	%	74,541
Inflation devices	8	%	67,353		2	%	62,495		(1	)%	61,058
Catheters	23	%	55,357		18	%	44,824		23	%	38,126
Embolization devices	247	%	31,229		—		9,003		—		—
Total	21	%	347,430		15	%	287,707		10	%	249,800
Endoscopy
Endoscopy devices	33	%	12,019		18	%	9,048		—		7,662
Total	21	%	$	359,449	15	%	$	296,755	13	%	$	257,462

Schedule of Revenue from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets, by Geographical Areas [Table Text Block]

Our long-lived assets by geographic area at December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009, consisted of the following (in thousands):

	2011		2010		2009
United States	$	134,393	$	97,881	$	89,428
Ireland	36,008		22,203		17,148
Other foreign countries	8,739		7,971		8,070
Total	$	179,140	$	128,055	$	114,646

Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment [Table Text Block]

Financial information relating to our reportable operating segments and reconciliations to the consolidated totals for the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009, are as follows (in thousands):

	2011			2010			2009
Revenues
Cardiovascular	$	347,430		$	287,707		$	249,800
Endoscopy	12,019			9,048			7,662
Total revenues	359,449			296,755			257,462
Operating expenses
Cardiovascular	122,600			93,884			69,097
Endoscopy	9,678			9,066			6,858
Total operating expenses	132,278			102,950			75,955
Goodwill impairment charge
Cardiovascular	—			—			—
Endoscopy	—			8,344			—
Total goodwill impairment charge	—			8,344			—
Operating income (loss)
Cardiovascular	38,010			30,176			35,836
Endoscopy	(4,820		)	(12,972		)	(2,989		)
Total operating income	33,190			17,204			32,847
Total other income (expense) - net	(315		)	(416		)	247
Income tax expense	9,831			4,328			10,564
Net income	$	23,044		$	12,460		$	22,530

Reconciliation of Assets from Segment to Consolidated [Table Text Block]

Total assets by business segment at December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009, consisted of the following (in thousands):

	2011		2010		2009
Cardiovascular	$	434,747	$	355,718	$	249,726
Endoscopy	12,270		13,762		21,787
Total	$	447,017	$	369,480	$	271,513

Segment Depreciation And Amortization [Table Text Block]

Total depreciation and amortization by business segment for the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009, consisted of the following (in thousands):

	2011		2010		2009
Cardiovascular	$	18,219	$	13,851	$	11,406
Endoscopy	975		1,005		865
Total	$	19,194	$	14,856	$	12,271

Segment Capital Expenditures [Table Text Block]

Total capital expenditures by business segment for the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009, consisted of the following (in thousands):

	2011		2010		2009
Cardiovascular	$	58,775	$	23,494	$	18,475
Endoscopy	420		154		3
Total	$	59,195	$	23,648	$	18,478