Contingencies - Additional Information (Detail) $ in Millions		1 Months Ended					3 Months Ended					9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended		51 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2016 USD ($) LegalMatter Plaintiff Claim Subsidiary	Apr. 30, 2015 LegalMatter	Apr. 30, 2014 LegalMatter	Jul. 31, 2013 USD ($)	Jul. 31, 2012 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2007 LegalMatter	Mar. 31, 2016 USD ($) LegalMatter	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($) LegalMatter	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($) LegalMatter	Jun. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2013 LegalMatter	Mar. 31, 2016 USD ($) LegalMatter	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) LegalMatter	Dec. 31, 2014 LegalMatter	Mar. 31, 2016 USD ($) LegalMatter	Jul. 31, 2014 LegalMatter	Jan. 16, 2014 LegalMatter
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Product claims, charges incurred after tax | $							$ 31.0	$ 228.0	$ 325.0	$ 238.0
Accruals for product liability and other legal matters | $	$ 1,167.1						1,167.1					$ 1,167.1	$ 1,174.3		$ 1,167.1
Payments to qualified settlement fund | $							182.5								569.7
Payments to qualified claimants from qualified settlement funds | $							52.3								361.0
Other payments to qualified claimants from qualified settlement funds | $							1.2								63.7
Minimum
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Proceedings that could be material to the company	However, one or more of the proceedings could be material to the company's business and/or results of operations.
Cases that could be settled at any time	These discussions could result in settlements of one or more of these claims at any time.
Accrued Expenses
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Accruals for product liability and other legal matters, accrued expenses | $	$ 429.9						429.9					429.9	516.5		429.9
Receivables Related to Product Liability Matters
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Receivables related to product liability matters | $	164.2						164.2					164.2	132.8		164.2
Receivables Related to Product Liability Matters | Other Assets
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Receivables related to product liability matters, noncurrent | $	$ 163.6						163.6					$ 163.6	$ 132.1		$ 163.6
Other (income) expense, net
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Product claims, charges incurred before taxes | $							$ 49.0	$ 241.0	$ 337.0	$ 259.0
Hernia Product Claims
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of individual plaintiffs | Plaintiff	100
Period for additional product claims trials	12 months
Hernia Product Claims | United States
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of putative class actions	1
Hernia Product Claims | Canada
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of putative class actions settled			3
Hernia Product Claims | Federal Law Claims
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of lawsuits	40						40					40			40
Hernia Product Claims | State Law Claims
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of lawsuits	60						60					60			60
Hernia Product Claims | State Law Claims | Superior Court of State of Rhode Island
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of lawsuits	40						40					40			40
Number of individual plaintiffs | Plaintiff	40
Number of multidistrict litigations						1
Women's Health Product Claims
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of individual plaintiffs | Plaintiff	12,875
Period for additional product claims trials	12 months
Number of claims in settlement agreement	6,845												6,285	560
Generic complaints | Claim	660
Number of claims not yet filed	1,070
The number of claims subject to an agreement or an agreement in principle								3,030	2,880
Women's Health Product Claims | Minimum
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of additional trials	In addition, one or more possible consolidated trials may occur in the future.
Women's Health Product Claims | California state case
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
U. S. District Court award for plaintiff's damages | $					$ 3.6
Women's Health Product Claims | United States
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of putative class actions	5
Women's Health Product Claims | Canada
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of putative class actions	5
Class actions settled	In March 2016, the company reached an agreement in principle to resolve all Canadian putative class actions, with the exception of a Quebec class action, within amounts previously recorded by the company.
Women's Health Product Claims | Medtronic
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Total payments made for settlement of indemnification obligation | $												$ 121.0
Women's Health Product Claims | Medtronic
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of subsidiaries of a parent company that have an obligation to indemnify | Subsidiary	2
Women's Health Product Claims | Multi District Litigation
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
U. S. District Court award for plaintiff's damages | $				$ 2.0
Number of individual case for trial																300	200
Women's Health Product Claims | Ontario Superior Court of Justice | Canada
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of putative class actions with class certifications dismissed		1
Filter Product Claims
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of individual plaintiffs | Plaintiff	375
Number of multidistrict litigations	1
Period for additional product claims trials	12 months
Number of claims not yet filed	75
Filter Product Claims | Multi District Litigation
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of lawsuits	345						345					345			345
Filter Product Claims | State Law Claims
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of lawsuits	30						30					30			30
Filter Product Claims | State Law Claims | Minimum
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of claims in settlement agreement											30