Commitments and Contingencies - Additional Information (Detail) $ in Millions		1 Months Ended						3 Months Ended						9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended			35 Months Ended	72 Months Ended
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Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Product claims, charges incurred after tax | $								$ 31.0	$ 77.0	$ 31.0	$ 228.0	$ 325.0	$ 238.0
Accruals for product liability and other legal matters | $	$ 1,201.5							1,201.5							$ 1,201.5	$ 1,174.3		$ 1,201.5	$ 1,201.5
Payments to qualified settlement fund | $															375.2				762.4
Payments to qualified claimants from qualified settlement funds | $															254.0				562.7
Other payments to qualified claimants from qualified settlement funds | $															10.8				73.3
Minimum annual rentals, 2017 | $	35.0							35.0							35.0			35.0	35.0
Minimum annual rentals, 2018 | $	29.8							29.8							29.8			29.8	29.8
Minimum annual rentals, 2019 | $	21.6							21.6							21.6			21.6	21.6
Minimum annual rentals, 2020 | $	15.3							15.3							15.3			15.3	15.3
Minimum annual rentals, 2021 | $	10.3							10.3							10.3			10.3	10.3
Minimum annual rentals, thereafter | $	$ 37.0							37.0							37.0			37.0	37.0
Total rental expense for operating leases | $															34.8	31.7	$ 32.3
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 | $	$ 605.3							605.3							605.3	516.5		605.3	605.3
Receivables Related to Product Liability Matters
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Receivables related to product liability matters | $	267.3							267.3							267.3	132.8		267.3	267.3
Receivables Related to Product Liability Matters | Other Assets
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Receivables related to product liability matters, noncurrent | $																$ 132.1
Receivables Related to Product Liability Matters | Other Current Assets
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Receivables related to product liability matters , current | $	$ 156.2							156.2							$ 156.2			$ 156.2	$ 156.2
Other (income) expense, net
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Product claims, charges incurred before taxes | $								$ 46.0	$ 111.0	$ 49.0	$ 241.0	$ 337.0	$ 259.0
Hernia Product Claims
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of individual plaintiffs | Plaintiff	90
Period for additional product claims trials	12 months
Hernia Product Claims | United States
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of putative class actions | LegalMatter	1
Hernia Product Claims | Canada
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of putative class actions settled | LegalMatter				3
Hernia Product Claims | Federal Law Claims
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of lawsuits | LegalMatter	25							25							25			25	25
Hernia Product Claims | State Law Claims
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of lawsuits | LegalMatter	65							65							65			65	65
Hernia Product Claims | State Law Claims | Superior Court of State of Rhode Island
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of lawsuits | LegalMatter	50							50							50			50	50
Number of individual plaintiffs | Plaintiff	50
Number of multidistrict litigations | LegalMatter							1
Women's Health Product Claims
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of individual plaintiffs | Plaintiff	6,235
Period for additional product claims trials	12 months
Number of claims in settlement agreement | LegalMatter	11,000														4,155	6,285	560
Generic complaints | Claim	600
Number of claims not yet filed | LegalMatter	830
The number of claims subject to an agreement or an agreement in principle | LegalMatter											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 | United States
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of putative class actions | LegalMatter	5
Women's Health Product Claims | Canada
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of putative class actions | LegalMatter	5
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 | 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 | Ontario Superior Court of Justice | Canada
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of putative class actions with class certifications dismissed | LegalMatter			1
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, which settlement was finalized in September 2016.
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 | LegalMatter																					300	200
Cases part of agreements or agreements in principle																		Substantially all of the 500 individual cases that are the subject of the WHP Pre-Trial Orders have been part of agreements or agreements in principle to settle with various plaintiff law firms.
Women's Health Product Claims | Multi District Litigation | Unsettled Cases
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of individual case for trial | LegalMatter	5							5							5			5	5
Women's Health Product Claims | Subsequent Event | Ontario Superior Court of Justice | Canada
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Class actions discontinued		In January 2017, the court approved the discontinuance of the proposed Quebec class action.
Women's Health Product Claims | Subsequent Event | Multi District Litigation
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of individual case for trial | LegalMatter																				243
Filter Product Claims
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of individual plaintiffs | Plaintiff	1,425
Number of multidistrict litigations | LegalMatter	1
Period for additional product claims trials	12 months
Number of claims not yet filed | LegalMatter	25
Filter Product Claims | Canada
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of putative class actions | LegalMatter	4
Filter Product Claims | State Law Claims
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of lawsuits | LegalMatter	50							50							50			50	50
Filter Product Claims | Multi District Litigation
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of lawsuits | LegalMatter	1,375							1,375							1,375			1,375	1,375