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Revenue (Notes)
 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2025
Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]  
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Revenue Recognition

    Our business units are Consumables, Infusion Systems and Vital Care. The vast majority of our sales of these products within these business units are made on a stand-alone basis to hospitals and distributors. Revenue is typically recognized upon transfer of control of the products, which we deem to be at point of shipment. For purposes of revenue recognition for our software licenses and renewals, we consider the control of these products to be transferred to a customer at a certain point in time; therefore, we recognize revenue at the start of the applicable license term.

    Payment is typically due in full within 30 days of delivery or the start of the contract term. Revenue is recorded in an amount that reflects the consideration we expect to be entitled to in exchange for those goods or services. We include variable consideration in net sales only to the extent that a significant reversal in revenue is not probable when the uncertainty is resolved. Our variable consideration includes distributor chargebacks, product returns and end customer rebates with distributor chargebacks representing the majority and subject to the greatest judgment.

Chargebacks are the difference between the prices we charge our distribution customers at the time they purchase our products and the contracted prices we have with the end customer, most often in the U.S. and Canada. When a distributor sells our products to one of our contracted end customers, the distributor typically will claim a refund from us for the chargeback amount which we process as a credit to the distributor.

In estimating the transaction price to present as net revenue for sales to distributors, we must estimate the expected chargeback amount that we will refund to the distributor after they sell our product to a contracted end customer. Determining the appropriate chargeback reserve requires judgment around the following assumptions:

(i) The estimated chargeback amount (the difference between the price we invoice the distributor and the contractually agreed price with specified end customers); and

(ii) The estimated period of time between the sale to the distributor and the receipt of a chargeback claim.

For purposes of estimating the expected chargeback amount, we utilize actual recent historical chargebacks paid to the specific distributor for similar products as determined at either a product or product-family level. While individual chargeback rates can vary significantly depending on the product and contracted prices with distributors and end customers, our chargeback reserve estimate is not overly sensitive to those individual price changes due to the long-term nature of our distributor and end customer contracts as well as consistency in purchasing patterns. Additionally, the use of the actual chargeback history to calculate an average chargeback rate has historically resulted in a reasonable estimation of overall current contract rates.

For purposes of estimating the period of time between the sale to the distributor and the receipt of a chargeback claim, we utilize several sources of information including actual inventory quantities of our products on hand at distributors. This inventory on hand information is received from the distributors or, when specific quantities are not provided, estimated by using the targeted days of inventory on hand for distributors. Historical experience of actual chargebacks paid has indicated that use of this information has reasonable predictive value of outstanding chargebacks and accounts for the variability of purchasing
patterns and expected timing and volume of sales to end customers. The value of the chargeback reserve generally represents approximately two months of obligation due to the timing difference between the initial sale to a distributor and the processing of a chargeback claim after the product is sold to the end customer.

The chargeback reserve estimates change from period-to-period primarily based on changes in revenue from/and the inventory levels of distributors. Our judgments regarding the information used to calculate the chargeback reserve are consistent from period to period; however, on a regular basis, we evaluate the adequacy of the chargeback reserve to reassess and ensure that the variable consideration is appropriately constrained, and the likelihood of future revenue reversal is not probable. We use metrics including chargeback provision as a percentage of gross revenue, movements in inventory on hand at distributors, trends in accrued versus paid chargebacks and impacts from price changes and similar metrics.

The chargeback reserve reflects a reasonable estimate of the amount of consideration using the expected value method and is recorded as a reduction of accounts receivable, net on the consolidated balance sheets.
    We also offer certain volume-based rebates to both our distribution and end customers, which is recorded as variable consideration when calculating the transaction price. Rebates are offered on both a fixed and tiered/variable basis. In both cases, we use information available at the time, including current contractual requirements, our historical experience with each customer and forecasted customer purchasing patterns, to estimate the most likely rebate amount.

We also warrant products against defects and have a policy permitting the return of defective products, for which we accrue and expense at the time of sale using information available at that time and our historical experience. We also provide for extended service-type warranties, which we consider to be separate performance obligations. We allocate a portion of the transaction price to the extended service-type warranty based on its estimated relative selling price, and recognize revenue over the period the warranty service is provided.

Arrangements with Multiple Performance Obligations

We also enter into arrangements which include multiple performance obligations. The most significant judgments related to these arrangements include:

•Identifying the various performance obligations of these arrangements.
•Estimating the relative standalone selling price of each performance obligation, typically using a directly observable method or calculated on a cost plus margin basis method.

Revenue Disaggregated

The following table represents our revenues disaggregated by product line (in thousands):

Three months ended
March 31,
Product line20252024
Consumables$266,226 $244,039 
Infusion Systems166,300 157,338 
Vital Care172,176 165,278 
Total Revenues$604,702 $566,655 

The following table represents our revenues disaggregated by geography (in thousands):
Three months ended
March 31,
Geography20252024
United States$388,245 $366,155 
Europe, the Middle East and Africa95,688 98,389 
APAC59,411 51,853 
Other Foreign61,358 50,258 
Total Revenues$604,702 $566,655 
    
Contract Balances

    The following table presents the changes in our contract balances for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024 (in thousands), which is included in accrued liabilities and other long-term liabilities on the condensed consolidated balance sheets:
Contract Liabilities
Beginning balance, January 1, 2025$39,403 
Equipment revenue recognized(15,298)
Equipment revenue deferred due to implementation19,937 
Software revenue recognized(3,077)
Software revenue deferred due to implementation1,201 
Government grant income recognized(1)
(509)
Other deferred revenue recognized(211)
Other deferred revenue 239 
Ending balance, March 31, 2025
$41,685 
Beginning balance, January 1, 2024$42,177 
Equipment revenue recognized(7,499)
Equipment revenue deferred due to implementation9,340 
Software revenue recognized(4,677)
Software revenue deferred due to implementation5,571 
Government grant income recognized(1)
(515)
Other deferred revenue recognized(1,195)
Other deferred revenue155 
Ending balance, March 31, 2024
$43,357 
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(1) The government grant income deferred is amortized over the life of the related depreciable asset as a reduction to depreciation expense.
Our contract liabilities are included in accrued liabilities or other long-term liabilities in our condensed consolidated balance sheet based on the expected timing of revenue recognition.    

As of March 31, 2025, revenue from remaining performance obligations is as follows:

Recognition Timing
(in thousands)< 12 Months> 12 Months
Equipment deferred revenue$20,111 $385 
Software deferred revenue8,646 1,899 
Government grant deferred income(1)
2,064 6,834 
Other deferred revenue(2)
1,664 82 
Total $32,485 $9,200 
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(1) The government grant deferred income is amortized over the life of the related depreciable asset as a reduction to depreciation expense.
(2) Other deferred revenue includes pump development programs, purchased training and extended warranty.