Contingencies - Additional Information (Detail) $ in Millions		1 Months Ended					3 Months Ended					9 Months Ended		12 Months Ended		69 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($) LegalMatter Subsidiary Plaintiff Claim Trial Proceeding	Apr. 30, 2015 LegalMatter	Apr. 30, 2014 LegalMatter	Jul. 31, 2013 USD ($)	Jul. 31, 2012 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2007 LegalMatter	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($) LegalMatter	Mar. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($) LegalMatter	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($) LegalMatter	Jun. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($) LegalMatter	Mar. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) LegalMatter	Dec. 31, 2014 LegalMatter	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($) LegalMatter	Jul. 31, 2014 LegalMatter	Jan. 16, 2014 LegalMatter
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Product claims, charges incurred after tax | $							$ 77.0	$ 31.0	$ 228.0	$ 325.0	$ 238.0
Accruals for product liability and other legal matters | $	$ 1,066.4						1,066.4					$ 1,066.4		$ 1,174.3		$ 1,066.4
Payments to qualified settlement fund | $												289.3				676.5
Payments to qualified claimants from qualified settlement funds | $												216.1				524.8
Other payments to qualified claimants from qualified settlement funds | $												9.1				71.6
Minimum
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Proceedings that could be material to the company | Proceeding	1
Cases that could be settled at any time | Claim	1
Accrued Expenses
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Accruals for product liability and other legal matters, accrued expenses | $	$ 404.3						404.3					404.3		516.5		404.3
Receivables Related to Product Liability Matters
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Receivables related to product liability matters | $	135.4						135.4					135.4		132.8		135.4
Receivables Related to Product Liability Matters | Other Assets
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Receivables related to product liability matters, noncurrent | $	$ 135.4						135.4					$ 135.4		$ 132.1		$ 135.4
Other (income) expense, net
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Product claims, charges incurred before taxes | $							$ 111.0	$ 49.0	$ 241.0	$ 337.0	$ 259.0
Hernia Product Claims
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of individual plaintiffs | Plaintiff	105
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	30						30					30				30
Hernia Product Claims | State Law Claims
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of lawsuits	80						80					80				80
Hernia Product Claims | State Law Claims | Superior Court of State of Rhode Island
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of lawsuits	60						60					60				60
Number of individual plaintiffs | Plaintiff	60
Number of multidistrict litigations						1
Women's Health Product Claims
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of individual plaintiffs | Plaintiff	10,110
Period for additional product claims trials	12 months
Number of claims in settlement agreement	9,860											3,015		6,285	560
Generic complaints | Claim	655
Number of claims not yet filed	980
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 | Trial	1
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]
Number of subsidiaries of a parent company that have an obligation to indemnify | Subsidiary	2
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 | 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	1,055
Number of multidistrict litigations	1
Period for additional product claims trials	12 months
Number of claims not yet filed	40
Filter Product Claims | Canada
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of putative class actions	3
Filter Product Claims | Multi District Litigation
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of lawsuits	1,005						1,005					1,005				1,005
Filter Product Claims | State Law Claims
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of lawsuits	50						50					50				50