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Contingent consideration fair value.

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Percentage of probability of the achievement and contingent consideration payment.

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Value of input used to measure alternative investment.

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Amount of liability recognized arising from contingent consideration in a business combination.

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Amount of liability recognized arising from contingent consideration in a business combination, expected to be settled beyond one year or the normal operating cycle, if longer.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Amount of transfer of financial instrument classified as an asset into (out of) level 3 of the fair value hierarchy.

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Fair value of financial instrument classified as an asset measured using unobservable inputs that reflect the entity's own assumption about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing.

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Amount before tax of foreign currency transaction realized gain (loss) recognized in the income statement.

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Fair Value Measurements - Additional Information (Detail) € in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2018 EUR (€)	Sep. 30, 2018 EUR (€)
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Contingent consideration liability	$ 14,500,000	$ 14,900,000
Contingent consideration liability, noncurrent	3,425,000	13,114,000
Level 3 assets	0	0
Transfers in or out Level 3, Assets	0	0
Transfers in or out Level 3, Liabilities	$ 0	$ 0
Minimum [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Percentage of Probability Achievement of Contingent Consideration payment.	5.00%	25.00%
Maximum [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Percentage of Probability Achievement of Contingent Consideration payment.	95.00%	100.00%
Contingent Consideration [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Foreign currency gains (losses)	$ 100,000	$ (500,000)	$ (400,000)
Contingent Consideration [Member] \| Revenue Based Milestones [Member] \| Discount Rate [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value measurement inputs	20.5				20.5
Contingent Consideration [Member] \| Non Revenue Based Milestones [Member] \| Discount Rate [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value measurement inputs	6.0				6.0
Contingent Consideration [Member] \| Minimum [Member] \| Revenue Based Milestones [Member] \| Discount Rate [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value measurement inputs		14.0
Contingent Consideration [Member] \| Minimum [Member] \| Non Revenue Based Milestones [Member] \| Discount Rate [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value measurement inputs		2.7
Contingent Consideration [Member] \| Maximum [Member] \| Revenue Based Milestones [Member] \| Discount Rate [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value measurement inputs		23.5
Contingent Consideration [Member] \| Maximum [Member] \| Non Revenue Based Milestones [Member] \| Discount Rate [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value measurement inputs		3.0
Creagh Medical Ltd [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Contingent consideration liability	$ 9,064,000
Contingent consideration related to acquisition	$ 11,000,000				€ 9.6
Business combination contingent consideration liability percentage	2.30%				2.30%
Scenario Forecast [Member] \| Creagh Medical Ltd [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Contingent consideration related to acquisition \| €				€ 9.6