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Financial instruments Aggregate accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts (Details) (USD $)
3 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Mar. 29, 2015
Dec. 31, 2014
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]    
Current and long term accounts receivable, allowances $ 2,300,000us-gaap_AllowanceForDoubtfulAccountsReceivableCurrent $ 2,400,000us-gaap_AllowanceForDoubtfulAccountsReceivableCurrent
Spain, Italy, Portugal, and Greece    
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]    
Current and long-term accounts receivable (net of allowances of $7.1 million and $8.1 million at March 29, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively) in Greece, Italy, Spain and Portugal (1) 76,322,000us-gaap_AccountsReceivableNet
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[1] 76,190,000us-gaap_AccountsReceivableNet
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Percentage of total net current and long-term accounts receivable 26.60%tfx_EntityWideAccountsReceivableByCountryPercentage
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27.30%tfx_EntityWideAccountsReceivableByCountryPercentage
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Current and long term accounts receivable, allowances 7,100,000us-gaap_AllowanceForDoubtfulAccountsReceivableCurrent
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8,100,000us-gaap_AllowanceForDoubtfulAccountsReceivableCurrent
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Long-term portion of accounts receivable, net $ 10,300,000us-gaap_AccountsReceivableNetNoncurrent
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$ 11,300,000us-gaap_AccountsReceivableNetNoncurrent
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[1] The long-term portion of accounts receivable, net from customers in Greece, Italy, Spain and Portugal at March 29, 2015 and December 31, 2014 was $10.3 million and $11.3 million, respectively, and is reported on the condensed consolidated balance sheet in other assets