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| Network | 100270 - Disclosure - Inventories (Tables) (http://www.abiomed.com/20160331/taxonomy/role/DisclosureInventoriesTables) |
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| Reporting Entity [Axis] | 0000815094 (http://www.sec.gov/CIK) |
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2015-04-01 - 2016-03-31 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Inventory Disclosure [Abstract] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Components of Inventories | The components of inventories are as follows:
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