Summary of Significant Accounting Policies and Supplemental Balance Sheet Information - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) shares in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2023	Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2021	Nov. 06, 2015	Nov. 05, 2014
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Available-for-sale debt securities	$ 3,933,000	$ 0
Held-to-maturity debt securities	0	0
Realized gains or losses on sales of available-for-sale securities	0	0	$ 0
Inventories, net of reserves	1,800,000	1,100,000
CARES Act employee retention credit receivable	3,441,000	3,441,000
Depreciation expense	4,700,000	4,700,000	4,900,000
Amortization expense	3,800,000	4,400,000	3,100,000
Impairment loss	0	0	0
Goodwill impairment charges	0	0	0
Impairment charges relating to long-lived assets	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
Antidilutive options excluded from computation of EPS	0.1	0.1	0.1
ASC Topic 842 adoption, lease liability	$ 3,846,000
Remaining amount available for repurchases of shares	25,300,000
Accelerated Share Repurchase Program [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Maximum payments for repurchase of common stock				$ 20,000,000	$ 30,000,000
Abbott Agreement [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Collaborative arrangement payment received	87,800,000
Remaining contingent milestone payments	$ 0
Abbott Agreement [Member] | TRANSCEND Clinical Trial [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Clinical study completion period	2 years
Revenue [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Performance obligations, payment terms, royalties	45 days
Minimum [Member] | Revenue [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Performance obligations, payment terms, product sales	30 days
Performance obligations, payment terms, R&D services	30 days
Maximum [Member] | Revenue [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Performance obligations, payment terms, product sales	45 days
Performance obligations, payment terms, R&D services	45 days
Leases [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Lease description	The Company leases facilities for research, office, manufacturing and warehousing.
Lease, existence of option to extend	true
Lease, option to extend	The Company’s leases include one or more options to renew and extend the lease term at the Company’s discretion. These renewal options are not included in right-of-use assets and lease liabilities as they are not reasonably certain of exercise.
Operating lease cost	$ 1,400,000	$ 1,100,000	$ 800,000
Weighted average remaining lease term for operating leases	4 years 4 months 24 days
Weighted average discount rate used to determine operating lease liabilities	3.90%