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Commitments and Contingencies:
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2025
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]  
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Legal Proceedings

From time to time, we are involved in various legal proceedings, most of which are routine litigation, in the normal course of business. Our management does not believe that the resolution of the unsettled legal proceedings that we are involved with will have a material adverse impact on our financial position or results of operations.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
 
    In the normal course of business, we have agreed to indemnify our officers and directors to the maximum extent permitted under Delaware law and to indemnify customers as to certain intellectual property matters or other matters related to sales of our products. There is no maximum limit on the indemnification that may be required under these agreements. 
Although we can provide no assurances, we have never incurred, nor do we expect to incur, any material liability for indemnification.

Contingencies
Prior to being acquired, during 2021, Smiths Medical received a Warning Letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") following an inspection of Smiths Medical’s Oakdale, Minnesota Facility (the "2021 Warning Letter"). The 2021 Warning Letter cited, among other things, failures to comply with FDA's medical device reporting requirements and failures to comply with applicable portions of the Quality System Regulation. A provision for the estimated costs related to the field service corrective actions identified as of the closing date of the acquisition was recorded on the opening acquired balance sheet of Smiths Medical in the amount of $55.1 million. The initial estimate recorded was based on a probability-weighted estimate of the costs required to settle the obligation related to known field corrective actions. The actual costs to be incurred are dependent upon the scope of the work necessary to achieve regulatory clearance, including potential additional field corrective actions, and could differ from the original estimate. For the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, we recorded a provision of $1.7 million and $0.4 million, respectively, to adjust the estimated cost to complete the field corrective actions to the amounts expected to be incurred based on historical experience. As of March 31, 2025, approximately $30.8 million of the $37.6 million of accrued field service corrective action recorded was related to the 2021 Warning Letter.

In 2015, legislation was enacted in Italy which requires medical device companies to make payments to the Italian government if Italy's medical device expenditures for certain years exceeded annual regional expenditure ceilings. Since its enactment, the legislation has been subject to appeals in the Italy court system. In the third quarter of 2024, Italy's Constitutional Court issued two judgments, one of which confirmed the legitimacy of the legislation on the Italy Medical Device Payback ("IMDP"). However, litigation proceedings are still pending and the ultimate resolution remains unknown. The timing and amount of payments could ultimately differ from our current expectations (see Note 16: Accrued Liabilities and Other Long-Term Liabilities for details on amounts accrued for potential payments related to the IMDP).

In April 2025, the Company received a warning letter from the FDA following an inspection of Smiths Medical's Oakdale, Minnesota Facility that occurred from July 23, 2024 through August 9, 2024 (the "2025 Warning letter"). The 2025 Warning Letter noted changes the Company made to the MedFusion™ Model 4000 Syringe Infusion Pump and CADD™ Solis VIP Ambulatory Infusion Pump that could affect the safety or effectiveness of these devices and therefore require new 510(k) clearance. The Company previously notified the FDA of these changes and intend to seek clearance for its next generation of MedFusion™ and CADD™ infusion pumps during the third quarter of 2025. The Company cannot, however, give any assurances that the FDA will be satisfied with its response or its expected timing to address the matters cited in the 2025 Warning Letter. Until the matters cited in the 2025 Warning Letter are resolved to the FDA’s satisfaction, additional legal or regulatory action may be taken without further notice. As a result, the outcome and the financial impact of the 2025 Warning Letter cannot be predicted at this time. Accordingly, no loss contingency has been recorded for the 2025 Warning Letter, and the likelihood of loss is not considered probable or reasonably estimable as of March 31, 2025.

Commitments
    We have non-cancelable operating lease agreements where we are contractually obligated to pay certain lease payment amounts (see Note 7: Leases).