Significant Customers (Details)	12 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2010
Significant customers
Total	18.00%	19.00%	24.00%
Hollister
Significant customers
Total	9.00%	9.00%	10.00%
Coloplast and Coloplast subsidiaries
Significant customers
Total	9.00%	10.00%	14.00%

Percentage of revenue generated from a single external customer that accounts for 10 percent or more of an entity's revenues.

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