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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><b>
<font size="2">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on February 28, 2007</font></b></p>

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<font size="2">&nbsp;</font></b></p>

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<font size="2">Registration No. 333-___________&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><b><u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; </u></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><b>&nbsp;</b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><b>UNITED STATES</b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><b>SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION</b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0;text-align:center; margin-top:0'><b>Washington,
D.C.&nbsp; 20549</b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0;text-align:center; margin-top:0'>&nbsp;</p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0;text-align:center; margin-top:0'><b>FORM
S-8</b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0;text-align:center; margin-top:0'>&nbsp;</p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><b>REGISTRATION
STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0;text-align:center; margin-top:0'><u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </u></p>

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<b>STRYKER
CORPORATION</b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0;text-align:center; margin-top:0'><b>(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)</b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0;text-align:center; margin-top:0'>&nbsp;</p>

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  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>Michigan</p>
  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>(State or other
  jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)</p>
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  <td width=262 valign=top style='width:196.2pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>38-1239739</p>
  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>(I.R.S. Employer Identification
  No.)</p>
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  <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">

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  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>2825 Airview
  Boulevard, Kalamazoo, Michigan</p>
  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>(Address of
  Principal Executive Offices)</p>
  </td>
  <td width=262 valign=top style='width:196.2pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>49002</p>
  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>(Zip Code)</p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>&nbsp;</p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>2006 LONG-TERM
INCENTIVE PLAN</p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>(Full title of the
Plan)</p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0;text-align:center; margin-top:0'><u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0;text-align:center; margin-top:0'>
&nbsp;</p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>THOMAS R. WINKEL</p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>Vice President,
Administration and Secretary</p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>Stryker Corporation</p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>2825 Airview
Boulevard, Kalamazoo, Michigan&nbsp; 49002</p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0;text-align:center; margin-top:0'>(Name
and address of agent for service)</p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0;text-align:center; margin-top:0'>&nbsp;</p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>(269) 385-2600</p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>(Telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)</p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0;text-align:center; margin-top:0'><u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </u></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0;text-align:center; margin-top:0'>&nbsp;</p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0;text-align:center; margin-top:0'>CALCULATION
OF REGISTRATION FEE</p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0;text-align:center; margin-top:0'>&nbsp;</p>

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  padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>Title of</p>
  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>Securities to</p>
  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>be registered</p>
  </td>
  <td width=128 valign=top style='width:95.75pt;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;
  padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>Amount</p>
  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>to be</p>
  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>Registered</p>
  </td>
  <td width=128 valign=top style='width:95.75pt;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;
  padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>Proposed</p>
  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>Maximum</p>
  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>Offering Price</p>
  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>Per Share<sup><font size="2"> (1)</font></sup></p>
  </td>
  <td width=140 valign=top style='width:105.15pt;border:none;border-bottom:
  solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>Proposed</p>
  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>Maximum</p>
  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>Aggregate</p>
  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>Offering Price<sup><font size="2"> (1)</font></sup></p>
  </td>
  <td width=115 valign=top style='width:1.2in;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;
  padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>Amount of</p>
  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>Registration</p>
  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>Fee</p>
  </td>
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  <td width=128 valign=top style='width:95.75pt;border:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>

  <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">

  </td>
  <td width=128 valign=top style='width:95.75pt;border:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>

  <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">

  </td>
  <td width=128 valign=top style='width:95.75pt;border:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>

  <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">

  </td>
  <td width=140 valign=top style='width:105.15pt;border:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>

  <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">

  </td>
  <td width=115 valign=top style='width:1.2in;border:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>

  <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">

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  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>Common Stock,</p>
  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>par value $.10</p>
  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>per share</p>
  </td>
  <td width=128 valign=top style='width:95.75pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>20,000,000</p>
  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>shares</p>
  </td>
  <td width=128 valign=top style='width:95.75pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>$62.925</p>
  </td>
  <td width=140 valign=top style='width:105.15pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>$1,258,500,000</p>
  </td>
  <td width=115 valign=top style='width:1.2in;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>$38,656</p>
  </td>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>
<font size="2">(1)&nbsp;&nbsp; Estimated solely for
the purpose of calculating the registration fee based upon the average high and
low price of the Common Stock on February 26, 2007 </font>as reported on the
<font size="2">New York
Stock Exchange-Composite Transactions.</font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-left:.25in;text-align:center; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>&nbsp;</p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-left:.25in;text-align:center; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>&nbsp;</p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-left:.25in;text-align:center; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>
<b>PART
II</b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-left:.25in;text-align:center; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>&nbsp;</p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-top:0;margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:0;margin-left:.5in;text-align:center;text-indent:-.5in'><b>INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-top:0;margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:0;margin-left:.5in;text-align:center;text-indent:-.5in'>&nbsp;</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0;text-align:justify; margin-top:0'><b>Item 3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Incorporation
of Documents by Reference</b></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following
documents, descriptions, amendments and reports filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the &quot;Commission&quot;) by Stryker Corporation
(&quot;Stryker&quot; or the &quot;Company&quot;) are incorporated by reference
into this Registration Statement:</p>

<p style='text-align:justify; text-indent:1in'><font size="3">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Stryker's Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the year ended December 31, 2006;</font></p>

<p style='text-align:justify; text-indent:0.5in; margin-left:0.5in'>
<font size="3">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All other reports filed by Stryker
pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the &quot;Exchange Act&quot;), since December 31, 2006; and</font></p>

<p style='text-align:justify; text-indent:0.5in; margin-left:0.5in'>
<font size="3">(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The description of the Stryker Common
Stock contained in the Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the
Commission under the Exchange Act on July 1, 1997 and in any amendment or
report filed by Stryker for the purpose of updating such description.</font></p>

<p class=WSBody-Just-51stLnIndnt>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents
subsequently filed by Stryker pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d)
of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment that
indicates that all securities offered pursuant hereto have been sold or that
deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part
hereof from the date of filing of such documents.</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><b>Item 4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Description
of Securities</b></p>

<p class=WSBody-Just-51stLnIndnt style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:0; margin-top:0'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </p>

<p class=WSBody-Just-51stLnIndnt style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:0; margin-top:0'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Not Applicable.</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><b>&nbsp;</b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><b>Item 5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Interests
of Named Experts and Counsel</b></p>

<p class=WSBody-Just-51stLnIndnt style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:0; margin-top:0'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </p>

<p class=WSBody-Just-51stLnIndnt style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:0; margin-top:0'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Not Applicable.</p>
<p class=WSBody-Just-51stLnIndnt style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:0; margin-top:0'>&nbsp;</p>



<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><b>Item 6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Indemnification
of Directors and Officers</b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><b>&nbsp;</b></p>

<p class=WSBody-Just-51stLnIndnt style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following
is a brief summary of certain indemnification provisions of the Michigan
Business Corporation Act (the &quot;MBCA&quot;) and the Company's Restated
Articles of Incorporation (the &quot;Restated Articles&quot;) and By-Laws.&nbsp; The
summary is qualified in its entirety by reference to the provisions of MBCA,
the Restated Articles and the By-Laws.</p>

<p class=WSBody-Just-51stLnIndnt>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The MBCA
permits a Michigan corporation to include in its articles of incorporation a
provision that a director is not personally liable to the corporation or its
shareholders for monetary damages for a breach of the director's fiduciary duty
of care under certain circumstances.&nbsp; The Company's Restated Articles provide
that the personal liability of the Company's directors to the Company and its
shareholders shall be limited and eliminated to the full extent authorized or
permitted under the MBCA as from time to time in effect, thus automatically
incorporating any future revisions of the MBCA with respect to director
liability without the necessity of any further action by the Company's
shareholders.</p>

<p class=WSBody-Just-51stLnIndnt>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In general, the
MBCA allows a corporation to indemnify its directors and officers if the
director or officer acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably
believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company or its
shareholders and with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had a
reason to believe his or her conduct was unlawful.&nbsp; The Company's By-Laws
provide for the Company to indemnify, to the full extent authorized by law, any
person who is made, or threatened to be made, a party in any civil, criminal,
administrative or investigate proceeding by reason of the fact that such person
is or was a director or officer of the Company or served another corporation at
the request of the Company.&nbsp; Such indemnification could include liabilities
arising under the Securities Act.</p>

<p class=WSBody-Just-51stLnIndnt>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company has
a directors and officers liability insurance policy designed to reimburse the
Company, subject to certain exclusions, for payments made pursuant to the
indemnification provisions set forth above.</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><b>Item 7.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Exemption
from Registration Claimed</b></p>

<p class=WSBody-Just-51stLnIndnt style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:0; margin-top:0'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </p>

<p class=WSBody-Just-51stLnIndnt style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:0; margin-top:0'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Not Applicable.</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><b>&nbsp;</b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><b>Item 8.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Exhibits</b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><b>&nbsp;</b></p>

<p class=WSBody-Just-51stLnIndnt style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:0; margin-left:1in; margin-top:0'>4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Instruments defining the rights of security
holders, including indentures.</p>
<p class=WSBody-Just-51stLnIndnt style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:0; margin-left:1in; margin-top:0'>&nbsp;</p>

<p style='margin-bottom:0;text-align:justify; text-indent:0.5in; margin-left:1in; margin-top:0'>
<font size="3">(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2006 Long-Term Incentive Plan -
incorporate by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Form 8-K dated
February 9, 2006 (Commission File No. 000-09165).</font></p>
<p style='margin-bottom:0;text-align:justify; margin-left:1in; margin-top:0'>&nbsp;</p>

<p style='margin-bottom:0;text-align:justify; text-indent:0.5in; margin-left:1in; margin-top:0'>
<font size="3">(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Composite copy of Restated Articles of
Incorporation as amended through April 19, 2000 - incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3(i) to the Company's Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2000
(Commission File No. 000-09165).</font></p>
<p style='margin-bottom:0;text-align:justify; margin-left:1in; margin-top:0'>&nbsp;</p>

<p style='margin-bottom:0;text-align:justify; text-indent:0.5in; margin-left:1in; margin-top:0'>
<font size="3">(iii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;By-Laws - incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3(ii) to the Company's Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 1988
(Commission File No. 000-09165).</font></p>

<p class=MsoBodyText style='margin-bottom:0;text-indent:0in; margin-left:1in; margin-top:0'>&nbsp;</p>
<p class=MsoBodyText style='margin-bottom:0;text-indent:0in; margin-left:1in; margin-top:0'>5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Opinion
re legality.</p>
<p class=MsoBodyText style='margin-bottom:0;text-indent:0in; margin-left:1in; margin-top:0'>&nbsp;</p>

<p class=WSBody-Just-51stLnIndnt style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:0in; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>Opinion of Miller, Canfield, Paddock &amp; Stone,
P.L.C., including consent.</p>
<p class=WSBody-Just-51stLnIndnt style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:0in; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>&nbsp;</p>

<p class=MsoBodyText style='margin-bottom:0;text-align:justify;text-indent:
0in; margin-left:1in; margin-top:0'>23.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Consent of experts and counsel.</p>
<p class=MsoBodyText style='margin-bottom:0;text-align:justify;text-indent:
0in; margin-left:1in; margin-top:0'>&nbsp;</p>

<p style='margin-bottom:0;text-align:justify; text-indent:0.5in; margin-left:1in; margin-top:0'>
<font size="3">(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Consent of Independent Registered Public
Accounting Firm.</font></p>
<p style='margin-bottom:0;text-align:justify; text-indent:0.5in; margin-left:1in; margin-top:0'>&nbsp;</p>

<p style='margin-bottom:0;text-align:justify; text-indent:0.5in; margin-left:1in; margin-top:0'>
<font size="3">(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The consent of Miller, Canfield, Paddock
&amp; Stone, P.L.C. is contained in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5 of this
Registration Statement.</font></p>



<p class=MsoBodyText style='margin-bottom:0;text-indent:.5in; margin-left:1in; margin-top:0'>&nbsp;</p>
<p class=MsoBodyText style='margin-bottom:0;text-indent:0in; margin-left:1in; margin-top:0'>24.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Power
of attorney.</p>

<p class=WSBody-Just-51stLnIndnt style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:0in; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>&nbsp;</p>
<p class=WSBody-Just-51stLnIndnt style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:0in; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>Included on the signature page hereof.</p>
<p class=WSBody-Just-51stLnIndnt style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:0in; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>&nbsp;</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><b>Item 9.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Undertakings</b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><b>&nbsp;</b></p>

<p class=WSBody-Just-51stLnIndnt style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:0; margin-top:0'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Stryker hereby undertakes:</p>



<p style='margin-left:0in;text-align:justify; text-indent:0.5in'><font size="3">(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To file, during any period in which
offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration
Statement:</font></p>

<p style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify; text-indent:0.5in; margin-left:1in'>
<font size="3">(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To include any prospectus required by
Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;</font></p>

<p style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify; text-indent:0.5in; margin-left:1in'>
<font size="3">(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;to reflect in the prospectus any facts or
events arising after the effective date of this Registration Statement (or the
most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the
aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this
Registration Statement;</font></p>

<p style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify; text-indent:0.5in; margin-left:1in'>
<font size="3">(iii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;to include any material information with
respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this
Registration Statement or any material change to such information in this
Registration Statement;</font></p>

<p class=MsoBodyText style='text-align:justify'>provided, however, that
paragraphs (1)(i) and (1)(ii) shall not apply if the information required to be
included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in
reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by Stryker pursuant to
Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in
this Registration Statement.</p>

<p style='margin-left:0in;text-align:justify; text-indent:0.5in'><font size="3">(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any
liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment
shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.</font></p>

<p style='margin-left:0in;text-align:justify; text-indent:0.5in'><font size="3">(3)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To remove from registration by means of a
post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain
unsold at the termination of the offering.</font></p>

<p class=WSBody-Just-51stLnIndnt>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Stryker hereby
undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities
Act of 1933, each filing of Stryker's Annual Report pursuant to Section 13(a)
or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.</p>

<p class=WSBody-Just-51stLnIndnt style='margin-bottom:24.0pt'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising
under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and
controlling persons of Stryker, Stryker has been advised that in the opinion of
the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
the Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable.&nbsp; In the event that
a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by
Stryker of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of Stryker in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding)
is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with
the securities being registered, Stryker will, unless in the opinion of its
counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court
of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is
against public policy a expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and will be
governed by the final adjudication of such issue.</p>

<p class=WSBody-Just-51stLnIndnt align=center style='margin-bottom:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;text-indent:0in'><b>&nbsp;</b></p>

<p class=WSBody-Just-51stLnIndnt align=center style='margin-bottom:0in;
margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;text-indent:0in; margin-top:0'><b>SIGNATURES</b></p>

<p class=WSBody-Just-51stLnIndnt align=center style='margin-bottom:0in;
margin-bottom:0;text-align:center; margin-top:0'><b>&nbsp;</b></p>

<p class=WSBody-Just-51stLnIndnt style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:0; margin-top:0'>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of
1933, the registrant, Stryker Corporation, certifies that it has reasonable
grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8
and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Kalamazoo, State of
Michigan, on February 28, 2007.</p>



<p class=WSBody-Just-51stLnIndnt style='text-indent:2.5in; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>&nbsp;</p>
<p class=WSBody-Just-51stLnIndnt style='text-indent:3.5in; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>STRYKER CORPORATION</p>

<p class=WSBody-Just-51stLnIndnt style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:0;
text-indent:3.5in; margin-top:0'>&nbsp;</p>
<p class=WSBody-Just-51stLnIndnt style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:0;
text-indent:3.5in; margin-top:0'>By:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <u>/s/
THOMAS R. WINKEL&nbsp; </u></p>

<p class=WSBody-Just-51stLnIndnt style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:0;
text-indent:3.5in; margin-top:0'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Thomas R. Winkel</p>

<p class=WSBody-Just-51stLnIndnt align=left style='margin-bottom:0;
text-align:left;text-indent:3.5in; margin-top:0'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Vice
President, Administration and Secretary</p>

<p class=WSBody-Just-51stLnIndnt align=center style='text-align:center;
text-indent:0in'><b>&nbsp;&nbsp;</b></p>

<p class=WSBody-Just-51stLnIndnt align=center style='text-align:center;
text-indent:0in'><b>POWER OF ATTORNEY</b></p>

<p class=WSBody-Just-51stLnIndnt>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL MEN BY
THESE PRESENTS that each person whose signature appears below hereby
constitutes and appoints Thomas R. Winkel and Dean H. Bergy, and each of them,
with full power of substitution and resubstitution, as attorneys or attorney to
sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this
Registration Statement, and to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission
the same, with all exhibits thereto, and any and all applications or other
documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pertaining
thereto, with full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and
things whatsoever required and necessary to be done in the premises, as fully
to all intents and purposes as the undersigned could do if personally present,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys, and any of them and
any such substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</p>

<p class=WSBody-Just-51stLnIndnt>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the
requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on February 28,
2007.</p>

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  <p class=WSBody-Just-51stLnIndnt style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
  text-indent:0in'><u>/s/ STEPHEN P. MACMILLAN</u></p>
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  <p class=WSBody-Just-51stLnIndnt style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
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  Officer and Director</p>
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  <p class=WSBody-Just-51stLnIndnt style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
  text-indent:0in'>Stephen P. MacMillan</p>
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  &nbsp;</td>
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  <p class=WSBody-Just-51stLnIndnt style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
  text-indent:0in'><u>/s/ DEAN H. BERGY</u></p>
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  <td valign=top style='width:363px;padding-left:5.4pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-top:0in; padding-bottom:0in'>
  <p class=WSBody-Just-51stLnIndnt style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
  text-indent:0in'>Vice President and Chief
  Financial Officer</p>
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  <p class=WSBody-Just-51stLnIndnt style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
  text-indent:0in'>Dean H. Bergy</p>
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  <p class=WSBody-Just-51stLnIndnt style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
  text-indent:0in'>(Principal Financial and
  Accounting Officer)</p>
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  <p class=WSBody-Just-51stLnIndnt style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
  text-indent:0in'><u>/s/ JOHN W. BROWN</u></p>
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  <td valign=top style='width:363px;padding-left:5.4pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-top:0in; padding-bottom:0in'>
  <p class=WSBody-Just-51stLnIndnt style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
  text-indent:0in'>Director</p>
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  <p class=WSBody-Just-51stLnIndnt style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
  text-indent:0in'>John W. Brown</p>
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  </td>
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  &nbsp;</td>
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  &nbsp;</td>
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  <p class=WSBody-Just-51stLnIndnt style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
  text-indent:0in'><u>/s/ HOWARD E. COX, JR.</u></p>
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  <p class=WSBody-Just-51stLnIndnt style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
  text-indent:0in'>Director</p>
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  <p class=WSBody-Just-51stLnIndnt style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
  text-indent:0in'>Howard E. Cox</p>
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  <p class=WSBody-Just-51stLnIndnt style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
  text-indent:0in'><u>/s/ DONALD M. ENGELMAN</u></p>
  </td>
  <td valign=top style='width:363px;padding-left:5.4pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-top:0in; padding-bottom:0in'>
  <p class=WSBody-Just-51stLnIndnt style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
  text-indent:0in'>Director</p>
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  <p class=WSBody-Just-51stLnIndnt style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
  text-indent:0in'>Donald M. Engelman</p>
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  &nbsp;</td>
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  <p class=WSBody-Just-51stLnIndnt style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
  text-indent:0in'><u>/s/ LOUISE L. FRANCESCONI</u></p>
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  <td valign=top style='width:363px;padding-left:5.4pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-top:0in; padding-bottom:0in'>
  <p class=WSBody-Just-51stLnIndnt style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
  text-indent:0in'>Director</p>
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  <p class=WSBody-Just-51stLnIndnt style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
  text-indent:0in'>Louise L. Francesconi</p>
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  &nbsp;</td>
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  <p class=WSBody-Just-51stLnIndnt style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
  text-indent:0in'><u>/s/ JEROME H. GROSSMAN</u></p>
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  <td valign=top style='width:363px;padding-left:5.4pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-top:0in; padding-bottom:0in'>
  <p class=WSBody-Just-51stLnIndnt style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
  text-indent:0in'>Director</p>
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  <td width=259 valign=top style='width:2.7in;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
  <p class=WSBody-Just-51stLnIndnt style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
  text-indent:0in'>Jerome H. Grossman</p>
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  <td width=259 valign=top style='width:2.7in;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
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  &nbsp;</td>
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  <p class=MsoNormal><u>/s/ WILLIAM U. PARFET</u></p>
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  <p class=MsoNormal>Director</p>
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  <p class=MsoNormal>William U. Parfet</p>
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  <p class=MsoNormal><u>/s/ RONDA E. STRYKER</u></p>
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  <p class=MsoNormal>Director</p>
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  <p class=MsoNormal>Ronda E. Stryker</p>
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<p class=WSBody-Just-51stLnIndnt align=center style='text-align:center'><b>&nbsp;&nbsp;</b></p>

<p class=WSBody-Just-51stLnIndnt align=center style='text-align:center;
text-indent:0in'><b>EXHIBIT INDEX</b></p>

<p class=WSBody-Just-51stLnIndnt align=left style='margin-bottom:0in;
margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;text-indent:0in; margin-top:0'>Exhibit</p>

<p class=WSBody-Just-51stLnIndnt align=left style='margin-bottom:0in;
margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;text-indent:0in; margin-top:0'><u>Number</u></p>



<p class=WSBody-Just-51stLnIndnt style='text-indent:0in'>4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Instruments defining the rights of security
holders, including indentures.</p>

<p style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify; text-indent:0.5in; margin-left:0.5in'>(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2006 Long-Term Incentive Plan - Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Form 8-K dated February 9, 2006
(Commission File No. 000-09165).</p>

<p style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify; text-indent:0.5in; margin-left:0.5in'>(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Composite copy of Restated Articles of
Incorporation as amended through April 19, 2000 - incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3(i) to the Company's Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2000
(Commission File No. 000-09165).</p>

<p style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify; text-indent:0.5in; margin-left:0.5in'>(iii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;By-Laws - incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3(ii) to the Company's Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 1988
(Commission File No. 000-09165).</p>

<p class=MsoBodyText>5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Opinion re legality.</p>

<p class=WSBody-Just-51stLnIndnt>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Opinion of Miller,
Canfield, Paddock &amp; Stone, P.L.C., including consent.</p>

<p class=MsoBodyText style='text-align:justify'>23.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Consent of experts
and counsel.</p>

<p style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify; text-indent:0.5in; margin-left:0.5in'>(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Consent of Independent Registered Public
Accounting Firm.</p>

<p style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify; text-indent:0.5in; margin-left:0.5in'>(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The consent of Miller, Canfield, Paddock
&amp; Stone, P.L.C. is contained in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5 to
this Registration Statement.</p>

<p class=MsoBodyText style='text-align:justify'>24.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Power of attorney.</p>

<p class=WSBody-Just-51stLnIndnt>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Include in Part
II of this Registration Statement.</p>



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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on February 28, 2007
Registration No. 333-___________
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C.  20549
FORM
S-8
REGISTRATION
STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
STRYKER
CORPORATION
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Michigan
(State or other
  jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
38-1239739
(I.R.S. Employer Identification
  No.)
2825 Airview
  Boulevard, Kalamazoo, Michigan
(Address of
  Principal Executive Offices)
49002
(Zip Code)
2006 LONG-TERM
INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full title of the
Plan)
THOMAS R. WINKEL
Vice President,
Administration and Secretary
Stryker Corporation
2825 Airview
Boulevard, Kalamazoo, Michigan  49002
(Name
and address of agent for service)
(269) 385-2600
(Telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)
CALCULATION
OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of
Securities to
be registered
Amount
to be
Registered
Proposed
Maximum
Offering Price
Per Share
(1)
Proposed
Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price
(1)
Amount of
Registration
Fee
Common Stock,
par value $.10
per share
20,000,000
shares
$62.925
$1,258,500,000
$38,656
(1)   Estimated solely for
the purpose of calculating the registration fee based upon the average high and
low price of the Common Stock on February 26, 2007
as reported on the
New York
Stock Exchange-Composite Transactions.
PART
II
INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.                        Incorporation
of Documents by Reference
The following
documents, descriptions, amendments and reports filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "Commission") by Stryker Corporation
("Stryker" or the "Company") are incorporated by reference
into this Registration Statement:
(a)    Stryker's Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the year ended December 31, 2006;
(b)    All other reports filed by Stryker
pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the "Exchange Act"), since December 31, 2006; and
(c)    The description of the Stryker Common
Stock contained in the Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the
Commission under the Exchange Act on July 1, 1997 and in any amendment or
report filed by Stryker for the purpose of updating such description.
All documents
subsequently filed by Stryker pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d)
of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment that
indicates that all securities offered pursuant hereto have been sold or that
deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part
hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
Item 4.    Description
of Securities
Not Applicable.
Item 5.    Interests
of Named Experts and Counsel
Not Applicable.
Item 6.    Indemnification
of Directors and Officers
The following
is a brief summary of certain indemnification provisions of the Michigan
Business Corporation Act (the "MBCA") and the Company's Restated
Articles of Incorporation (the "Restated Articles") and By-Laws.  The
summary is qualified in its entirety by reference to the provisions of MBCA,
the Restated Articles and the By-Laws.
The MBCA
permits a Michigan corporation to include in its articles of incorporation a
provision that a director is not personally liable to the corporation or its
shareholders for monetary damages for a breach of the director's fiduciary duty
of care under certain circumstances.  The Company's Restated Articles provide
that the personal liability of the Company's directors to the Company and its
shareholders shall be limited and eliminated to the full extent authorized or
permitted under the MBCA as from time to time in effect, thus automatically
incorporating any future revisions of the MBCA with respect to director
liability without the necessity of any further action by the Company's
shareholders.
In general, the
MBCA allows a corporation to indemnify its directors and officers if the
director or officer acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably
believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company or its
shareholders and with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had a
reason to believe his or her conduct was unlawful.  The Company's By-Laws
provide for the Company to indemnify, to the full extent authorized by law, any
person who is made, or threatened to be made, a party in any civil, criminal,
administrative or investigate proceeding by reason of the fact that such person
is or was a director or officer of the Company or served another corporation at
the request of the Company.  Such indemnification could include liabilities
arising under the Securities Act.
The Company has
a directors and officers liability insurance policy designed to reimburse the
Company, subject to certain exclusions, for payments made pursuant to the
indemnification provisions set forth above.
Item 7.    Exemption
from Registration Claimed
Not Applicable.
Item 8.    Exhibits
4.         Instruments defining the rights of security
holders, including indentures.
(i)    2006 Long-Term Incentive Plan -
incorporate by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Form 8-K dated
February 9, 2006 (Commission File No. 000-09165).
(ii)    Composite copy of Restated Articles of
Incorporation as amended through April 19, 2000 - incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3(i) to the Company's Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2000
(Commission File No. 000-09165).
(iii)    By-Laws - incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3(ii) to the Company's Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 1988
(Commission File No. 000-09165).
5.         Opinion
re legality.
Opinion of Miller, Canfield, Paddock & Stone,
P.L.C., including consent.
23.       Consent of experts and counsel.
(i)    Consent of Independent Registered Public
Accounting Firm.
(ii)    The consent of Miller, Canfield, Paddock
& Stone, P.L.C. is contained in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5 of this
Registration Statement.
24.       Power
of attorney.
Included on the signature page hereof.
Item 9.    Undertakings
Stryker hereby undertakes:
(1)    To file, during any period in which
offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration
Statement:
(i)    To include any prospectus required by
Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
(ii)    to reflect in the prospectus any facts or
events arising after the effective date of this Registration Statement (or the
most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the
aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this
Registration Statement;
(iii)    to include any material information with
respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this
Registration Statement or any material change to such information in this
Registration Statement;
provided, however, that
paragraphs (1)(i) and (1)(ii) shall not apply if the information required to be
included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in
reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by Stryker pursuant to
Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in
this Registration Statement.
(2)    That, for the purpose of determining any
liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment
shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3)    To remove from registration by means of a
post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain
unsold at the termination of the offering.
Stryker hereby
undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities
Act of 1933, each filing of Stryker's Annual Report pursuant to Section 13(a)
or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising
under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and
controlling persons of Stryker, Stryker has been advised that in the opinion of
the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
the Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable.  In the event that
a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by
Stryker of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of Stryker in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding)
is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with
the securities being registered, Stryker will, unless in the opinion of its
counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court
of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is
against public policy a expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and will be
governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of
1933, the registrant, Stryker Corporation, certifies that it has reasonable
grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8
and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Kalamazoo, State of
Michigan, on February 28, 2007.
STRYKER CORPORATION
By:
/s/
THOMAS R. WINKEL
Thomas R. Winkel
Vice
President, Administration and Secretary
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY
THESE PRESENTS that each person whose signature appears below hereby
constitutes and appoints Thomas R. Winkel and Dean H. Bergy, and each of them,
with full power of substitution and resubstitution, as attorneys or attorney to
sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this
Registration Statement, and to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission
the same, with all exhibits thereto, and any and all applications or other
documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pertaining
thereto, with full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and
things whatsoever required and necessary to be done in the premises, as fully
to all intents and purposes as the undersigned could do if personally present,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys, and any of them and
any such substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the
requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on February 28,
2007.
Signature
Title
/s/ STEPHEN P. MACMILLAN
President, Chief Executive
  Officer and Director
Stephen P. MacMillan
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ DEAN H. BERGY
Vice President and Chief
  Financial Officer
Dean H. Bergy
(Principal Financial and
  Accounting Officer)
/s/ JOHN W. BROWN
Director
John W. Brown
/s/ HOWARD E. COX, JR.
Director
Howard E. Cox
/s/ DONALD M. ENGELMAN
Director
Donald M. Engelman
/s/ LOUISE L. FRANCESCONI
Director
Louise L. Francesconi
/s/ JEROME H. GROSSMAN
Director
Jerome H. Grossman
/s/ WILLIAM U. PARFET
Director
William U. Parfet
/s/ RONDA E. STRYKER
Director
Ronda E. Stryker
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
4.         Instruments defining the rights of security
holders, including indentures.
(i)    2006 Long-Term Incentive Plan - Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Form 8-K dated February 9, 2006
(Commission File No. 000-09165).
(ii)    Composite copy of Restated Articles of
Incorporation as amended through April 19, 2000 - incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3(i) to the Company's Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2000
(Commission File No. 000-09165).
(iii)    By-Laws - incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3(ii) to the Company's Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 1988
(Commission File No. 000-09165).
5.         Opinion re legality.
Opinion of Miller,
Canfield, Paddock & Stone, P.L.C., including consent.
23.       Consent of experts
and counsel.
(i)    Consent of Independent Registered Public
Accounting Firm.
(ii)    The consent of Miller, Canfield, Paddock
& Stone, P.L.C. is contained in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5 to
this Registration Statement.
24.       Power of attorney.
Include in Part
II of this Registration Statement.