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  </DIV><DIV STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P>
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> </B></P>
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>UNDER </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>THE
  SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 </I></B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center><DIV STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</DIV></center>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>STRYKER CORPORATION </B></P>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Michigan</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">38-1239739</FONT></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(State or other jurisdiction of</B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>incorporation or organization)</B></P></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(I.R.S. Employer</B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Identification No.)</B></P></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B></B>1941 Stryker Way, Portage, Michigan<B></B></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"><B></B>49002<B></B></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</B></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(Zip Code)</B></TD></TR>
  </TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>2008 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>2011 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Full title of the plan) </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Tina S. French </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Vice
  President, Corporate Secretary </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Stryker Corporation </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>1941 Stryker Way, Portage, Michigan 49002 </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name and address of agent for service) </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(269) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">385-2600</FONT> </B></P>
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-accelerated</FONT>
  filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;smaller reporting company,&#148; and &#147;emerging growth company&#148; in Rule <FONT
  STYLE="white-space:nowrap">12b-2</FONT> of the Exchange Act. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom">Large&nbsp;accelerated&nbsp;filer</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&#9746;</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom">Accelerated&nbsp;filer</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&#9744;</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom">Small&nbsp;reporting&nbsp;company</TD>
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  </TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period
  for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section&nbsp;7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.&#8194; &#9744; </P>
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> is being filed by Stryker Corporation (&#147;Stryker&#148;,
  the &#147;Company&#148;, &#147;we&#148;, &#147;us&#148; or &#147;our&#148;) to register (i)&nbsp;an additional 1,500,000 shares of Common Stock, par value $.10 per share (the &#147;Common Stock&#148;), of Stryker issuable under Stryker&#146;s 2008
  Employee Stock Purchase Plan (as amended and restated, the &#147;ESPP&#148;), and (ii)&nbsp;an additional 15,000,000 shares of Common Stock issuable under Stryker&#146;s 2011 Long-Term Incentive Plan (as amended and restated, the &#147;LTIP&#148;
  and, together with the ESPP, the &#147;Plans&#148;), which shares of Common Stock are securities of the same class and relate to the same Plans as those shares registered on the Company&#146;s Registration Statements on Form <FONT
  STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;SEC&#148;) (a) with respect to the ESPP, on April&nbsp;23, 2008 (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-150396)</FONT> and
  December&nbsp;8, 2017 (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-221959)</FONT> and (b)&nbsp;with respect to the LTIP, on January&nbsp;24, 2012 (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-179142)</FONT> and December&nbsp;8, 2017
  (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-221958)</FONT> (collectively, the &#147;Prior Registration Statements&#148;). In accordance with General Instruction E to Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8,</FONT> this Registration
  Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> incorporates by reference the contents of the Prior Registration Statements, except to the extent supplemented, amended or superseded by the information set forth herein, and the shares
  of Common Stock registered hereunder with respect to the Plans are in addition to the shares of Common Stock registered on such Prior Registration Statements with respect to each such Plan. </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PART II </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION
  REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&#8201;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following documents filed with the SEC by Stryker are hereby incorporated into this Registration Statement by reference (other than
  information in such filings deemed, under SEC rules or otherwise, not to have been filed with the SEC): </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  <TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">1.</TD>
  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Stryker&#146;s Annual Report on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/310764/000031076425000023/syk-20241231.htm">Form
   <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT></A> for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2024, filed with the SEC on February&nbsp;12, 2025; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  <TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">2.</TD>
  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">All other reports filed by Stryker pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act since
  December&nbsp;31, 2024; and </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  <TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">3.</TD>
  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The description of Stryker&#146;s Common Stock contained in the Registration Statement on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/310764/0000310764-97-000011.txt">Form
   <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-A</FONT></A> filed with the SEC under the Exchange Act on July&nbsp;
  1, 1997, as updated by the description of Stryker&#146;s Common Stock included in <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/310764/000031076425000023/ex4xxv1231202410k.htm">Exhibit 4(xxv)</A> to Stryker&#146;s Annual Report on Form <FONT
  STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT> for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2024, together with any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition, all documents filed by Stryker pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
  amended, subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement (other than information in such filings deemed, under SEC rules or otherwise, not to have been filed with the SEC), and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this
  Registration Statement that indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or that deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part
  hereof from the date of filing of such documents. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Any statement contained in this Registration Statement or in a document incorporated or
  deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained or incorporated by reference herein or in any subsequently filed document
  that is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
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   <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&#8201;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The validity of the Common Stock to be issued under this Registration Statement has been passed upon by Robert F. Pomper, Senior Corporate
  Operations Counsel. Mr.&nbsp;Pomper is eligible to purchase Common Stock granted pursuant to the ESPP and beneficially owns shares of Common Stock and options to purchase Common Stock granted pursuant to the LTIP. </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&#8201;6. Indemnification </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Our
  Bylaws, as amended (our &#147;bylaws&#148;), require us to indemnify our directors and certain officers as designated by our Board of Directors from time to time to the fullest extent authorized or permitted by law (as now or hereafter in effect).
  Such right to indemnification continues as to a person who has ceased to be a director or designated officer and inures to the benefit of his or her heirs, executors and personal and legal representatives. However, except for proceedings to enforce
  rights to indemnification, we are not obligated to indemnify any director or designated officer (or his or her heirs, executors or personal or legal representatives) in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person unless
  such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized or consented to by our Board of Directors. The right to indemnification includes the right to be paid by Stryker, promptly as incurred, the reasonable expenses of defending or otherwise participating
  in any action, suit or proceeding in advance of its final disposition upon receipt of a written undertaking executed by or on behalf of such director or designated officer to repay the advance if it is ultimately determined that he or she did not
  meet the standard of conduct, if any, required for the indemnification of a person under the circumstances. We may, to the extent authorized from time to time by our Board of Directors, provide rights to indemnification and to the advancement of
  expenses to other officers, employees and agents of Stryker. These rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses are not exclusive of any other right that any person may have or hereafter acquire under our bylaws, our Restated
  Articles of Incorporation, as amended (our &#147;articles&#148;), any statute, agreement, vote of shareholders or disinterested directors or otherwise. Any repeal or modification of the relevant sections of our bylaws will not adversely affect any
  rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses of a director or designated officer existing at the time of such repeal or modification with respect to any acts or omissions occurring prior to such repeal or modification. </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Under our bylaws, we also have the power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer,
  employee or agent of Stryker or is or was serving at our request as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted against him or her and incurred
  by him or her in any such capacity or arising out of his or her status as such, whether or not we would have the power to indemnify him or her against such liability under applicable law. We maintain directors&#146; and officers&#146; liability
  insurance, with customary terms and subject to customary exclusions, under which our directors and officers are insured against certain losses as a result of certain claims brought against them in such capacities. </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Our articles provide that, to the full extent authorized or permitted by the Michigan Business Corporation Act (the &#147;MBCA&#148;),
  directors of Stryker will not be personally liable to Stryker or its shareholders for any acts or omissions in such person&#146;s capacity as a director. Any amendment, alteration or repeal of such provision of our articles by our shareholders will
  not adversely affect any right or protection of a director of Stryker for or with respect to any act or omission of such director occurring prior to, or at the time of, such amendment, alteration or repeal. </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;561 of the MBCA provides that a Michigan corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a
  party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding (whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative and whether formal or informal), other than an action by or in the right of the corporation, by reason of the fact
  that he or she is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee or agent of another
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  foreign or domestic corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, whether for profit or not, against expenses, including attorneys&#146; fees, judgments, penalties, fines
  and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if the person acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
  interests of the corporation or its shareholders, and with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, if the person had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. In addition, Section&nbsp;562 of the MBCA provides that a
  Michigan corporation may indemnify a person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to a threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact
  that he or she is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee or agent of another foreign or domestic corporation,
  partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, whether for profit or not, against expenses, including attorneys&#146; fees and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with the action or suit,
  if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation or its shareholders. The MBCA does not permit indemnification for a claim, issue or matter in which the
  person has been found liable to the corporation unless application for indemnification is made to, and ordered by, the court conducting the proceeding or another court of competent jurisdiction. </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;563 of the MBCA provides that a director or officer who has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of an action,
  suit or proceeding referred to in Sections 561 and 562 of the MBCA, or in defense of a claim, issue, or matter in the action, suit, or proceeding, shall be indemnified by the corporation against actual and reasonable expenses, including
  attorneys&#146; fees, incurred by him or her in connection with the action, suit or proceeding, and an action, suit, or proceeding brought to enforce this mandatory indemnification. </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We have entered into indemnification agreements with each of our directors and officers. </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The foregoing statements are subject to the detailed provisions of the MBCA, our articles and our bylaws. </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&#8201;8. Exhibits </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The exhibits to this Registration
  Statement are listed below: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  <TD WIDTH="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">4.</TD>
  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Instruments defining the rights of security holders, including indentures. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
  <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
  <TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
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  <TD WIDTH="13%">&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(i)</TD>
  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/310764/000031076418000205/ex3i10qq32018.htm">Restated Articles of
   Incorporation&#151;Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(i) to the Company&#146;s Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-Q</FONT> for the quarterly period ended September&nbsp;30, 2018 (File
  <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;00-09165)</FONT> </A> </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
  <TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
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  <TD WIDTH="13%">&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(ii)</TD>
  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/310764/000031076423000017/ex3iiamendedbylaws-nov2022.htm">Amended
   and Restated Bylaws&#151;Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(ii) to the Company&#146;s Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT> for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2022 (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;001-13149)</FONT></A> </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
  <TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
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  <TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">5.</TD>
  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Opinion re legality. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
  <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  <TD WIDTH="13%">&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(i)</TD>
  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><A HREF="d36650dex51.htm">Opinion of Robert F. Pomper, Senior Corporate Operations Counsel.* </A>
  </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  <TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">23.</TD>
  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Consent of experts and counsel. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
  <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
  <TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
  <TR style = "page-break-inside:avoid">
  <TD WIDTH="13%">&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(i)</TD>
  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><A HREF="d36650dex231.htm">Consent of Ernst&nbsp;
  &amp; Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm of the Company.* </A> </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
  <TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
  <TR style = "page-break-inside:avoid">
  <TD WIDTH="13%">&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(ii)</TD>
  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><A HREF="d36650dex51.htm">The consent of Robert F. Pomper, Senior Corporate Operations Counsel, is contained in the
  opinion filed as Exhibit 5(i) to this Registration Statement.* </A> </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
  <TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
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  <TD WIDTH="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">24.</TD>
  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Power of attorney. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
  <TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
  <TR style = "page-break-inside:avoid">
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  <TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(i)</TD>
  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><A HREF="#sig">Included as part of the signature pages hereto.* </A> </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
  <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
  <TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
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  <TD WIDTH="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">99.</TD>
  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Additional exhibits. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">2008 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as Amended and Restated&#151;Incorporated by reference to <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/310764/000031076425000051/syk-20250325.htm">Appendix
   D</A> to the Proxy Statement for the Company&#146;s 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;001-13149).</FONT> </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">2011 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as Amended and Restated&#151;Incorporated by reference to <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/310764/000031076425000051/syk-20250325.htm">Appendix
   B</A> to the Proxy Statement for the Company&#146;s 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;001-13149).</FONT> </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
  <TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
  <TR style = "page-break-inside:avoid">
  <TD WIDTH="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">107.</TD>
  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><A HREF="d36650dexfilingfees.htm">Filing Fee Table.* </A>
  </P></TD></TR></TABLE><DIV STYLE="line-height:8.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;width:11%">&nbsp;</DIV>
  <TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
  <TR style = "page-break-inside:avoid">
  <TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">*</TD>
  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Filed herewith </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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   <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SIGNATURES </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant, Stryker Corporation, certifies that it has reasonable grounds to
  believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of
  Portage, State of Michigan, on May&nbsp;30, 2025. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><DIV ALIGN="right">
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  <TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3">STRYKER CORPORATION</TD></TR>
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  <TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top">By:</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Preston W. Wells</P></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
  <TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top">Preston W. Wells</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
  <TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top">Vice President, Chief Financial Officer</TD></TR>
  </TABLE></DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><A NAME="sig"></A>POWER OF ATTORNEY </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Tina S. French and Austin Y. Ke, 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 SEC the same, with all exhibits thereto, and
  any and all applications or other documents to be filed with the SEC 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 STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities
  indicated on May&nbsp;30, 2025. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
  <TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" ALIGN="center">
  
  
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Title</B></P></TD></TR>
  
  
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  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Kevin A. Lobo</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top">Chair, Chief Executive Officer and President</TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top">Kevin A. Lobo</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Preston W. Wells</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top">Vice President, Chief Financial Officer</TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top">Preston W. Wells</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top">(Principal Financial Officer)</TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ William E. Berry, Jr.</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top">Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer</TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top">William E. Berry, Jr.</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top">(Principal Accounting Officer)</TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Sherilyn S. McCoy</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top">Lead Independent Director</TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top">Sherilyn S. McCoy</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Mary K. Brainerd</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top">Director</TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top">Mary K. Brainerd</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top">Giovanni Caforio, M.D.</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top">Emmanuel P. Maceda</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Rachel M. Ruggeri</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top">Director</TD></TR>
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  <TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
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text: S-8
  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
  38-1239739
  (State or other jurisdiction of
  incorporation or organization)
  (I.R.S. Employer
  Identification No.)
  1941 Stryker Way, Portage, Michigan
  49002
  (Address of Principal Executive Offices)
  (Zip Code)
  2008 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
  2011 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN
  (Full title of the plan)
  Tina S. French
  Vice
  President, Corporate Secretary
  Stryker Corporation
  1941 Stryker Way, Portage, Michigan 49002
  (Name and address of agent for service)
  (269)
  385-2600
  (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
  Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
  non-accelerated
  filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company," and "emerging growth company" in Rule
  12b-2
  of the Exchange Act.
  Large accelerated filer
  ☒
  Accelerated filer
  ☐
  Non-accelerated filer
  ☐
  Small reporting company
  ☐
  Emerging growth company
  ☐
  If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period
  for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.  ☐
  EXPLANATORY NOTE
  This Registration Statement on Form
  S-8
  is being filed by Stryker Corporation ("Stryker",
  the "Company", "we", "us" or "our") to register (i) an additional 1,500,000 shares of Common Stock, par value $.10 per share (the "Common Stock"), of Stryker issuable under Stryker's 2008
  Employee Stock Purchase Plan (as amended and restated, the "ESPP"), and (ii) an additional 15,000,000 shares of Common Stock issuable under Stryker's 2011 Long-Term Incentive Plan (as amended and restated, the "LTIP"
  and, together with the ESPP, the "Plans"), which shares of Common Stock are securities of the same class and relate to the same Plans as those shares registered on the Company's Registration Statements on Form
  S-8
  previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") (a) with respect to the ESPP, on April 23, 2008 (File
  No. 333-150396)
  and
  December 8, 2017 (File
  No. 333-221959)
  and (b) with respect to the LTIP, on January 24, 2012 (File
  No. 333-179142)
  and December 8, 2017
  (File
  No. 333-221958)
  (collectively, the "Prior Registration Statements"). In accordance with General Instruction E to Form
  S-8,
  this Registration
  Statement on Form
  S-8
  incorporates by reference the contents of the Prior Registration Statements, except to the extent supplemented, amended or superseded by the information set forth herein, and the shares
  of Common Stock registered hereunder with respect to the Plans are in addition to the shares of Common Stock registered on such Prior Registration Statements with respect to each such Plan.
  PART II
  INFORMATION
  REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
  The following documents filed with the SEC by Stryker are hereby incorporated into this Registration Statement by reference (other than
  information in such filings deemed, under SEC rules or otherwise, not to have been filed with the SEC):
  1.
  Stryker's Annual Report on
  Form
  10-K
  for the year ended December 31, 2024, filed with the SEC on February 12, 2025;
  2.
  All other reports filed by Stryker pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act since
  December 31, 2024; and
  3.
  The description of Stryker's Common Stock contained in the Registration Statement on
  Form
  8-A
  filed with the SEC under the Exchange Act on July 
  1, 1997, as updated by the description of Stryker's Common Stock included in
  Exhibit 4(xxv)
  to Stryker's Annual Report on Form
  10-K
  for the year ended December 31, 2024, together with any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
  In addition, all documents filed by Stryker pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
  amended, subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement (other than information in such filings deemed, under SEC rules or otherwise, not to have been filed with the SEC), and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this
  Registration Statement that indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or that deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part
  hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
  Any statement contained in this Registration Statement or in a document incorporated or
  deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained or incorporated by reference herein or in any subsequently filed document
  that is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
  Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
  The validity of the Common Stock to be issued under this Registration Statement has been passed upon by Robert F. Pomper, Senior Corporate
  Operations Counsel. Mr. Pomper is eligible to purchase Common Stock granted pursuant to the ESPP and beneficially owns shares of Common Stock and options to purchase Common Stock granted pursuant to the LTIP.
  Item 6. Indemnification
  Our
  Bylaws, as amended (our "bylaws"), require us to indemnify our directors and certain officers as designated by our Board of Directors from time to time to the fullest extent authorized or permitted by law (as now or hereafter in effect).
  Such right to indemnification continues as to a person who has ceased to be a director or designated officer and inures to the benefit of his or her heirs, executors and personal and legal representatives. However, except for proceedings to enforce
  rights to indemnification, we are not obligated to indemnify any director or designated officer (or his or her heirs, executors or personal or legal representatives) in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person unless
  such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized or consented to by our Board of Directors. The right to indemnification includes the right to be paid by Stryker, promptly as incurred, the reasonable expenses of defending or otherwise participating
  in any action, suit or proceeding in advance of its final disposition upon receipt of a written undertaking executed by or on behalf of such director or designated officer to repay the advance if it is ultimately determined that he or she did not
  meet the standard of conduct, if any, required for the indemnification of a person under the circumstances. We may, to the extent authorized from time to time by our Board of Directors, provide rights to indemnification and to the advancement of
  expenses to other officers, employees and agents of Stryker. These rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses are not exclusive of any other right that any person may have or hereafter acquire under our bylaws, our Restated
  Articles of Incorporation, as amended (our "articles"), any statute, agreement, vote of shareholders or disinterested directors or otherwise. Any repeal or modification of the relevant sections of our bylaws will not adversely affect any
  rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses of a director or designated officer existing at the time of such repeal or modification with respect to any acts or omissions occurring prior to such repeal or modification.
  Under our bylaws, we also have the power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer,
  employee or agent of Stryker or is or was serving at our request as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted against him or her and incurred
  by him or her in any such capacity or arising out of his or her status as such, whether or not we would have the power to indemnify him or her against such liability under applicable law. We maintain directors' and officers' liability
  insurance, with customary terms and subject to customary exclusions, under which our directors and officers are insured against certain losses as a result of certain claims brought against them in such capacities.
  Our articles provide that, to the full extent authorized or permitted by the Michigan Business Corporation Act (the "MBCA"),
  directors of Stryker will not be personally liable to Stryker or its shareholders for any acts or omissions in such person's capacity as a director. Any amendment, alteration or repeal of such provision of our articles by our shareholders will
  not adversely affect any right or protection of a director of Stryker for or with respect to any act or omission of such director occurring prior to, or at the time of, such amendment, alteration or repeal.
  Section 561 of the MBCA provides that a Michigan corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a
  party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding (whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative and whether formal or informal), other than an action by or in the right of the corporation, by reason of the fact
  that he or she is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee or agent of another
  foreign or domestic corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, whether for profit or not, against expenses, including attorneys' fees, judgments, penalties, fines
  and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if the person acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
  interests of the corporation or its shareholders, and with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, if the person had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. In addition, Section 562 of the MBCA provides that a
  Michigan corporation may indemnify a person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to a threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact
  that he or she is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee or agent of another foreign or domestic corporation,
  partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, whether for profit or not, against expenses, including attorneys' fees and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with the action or suit,
  if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation or its shareholders. The MBCA does not permit indemnification for a claim, issue or matter in which the
  person has been found liable to the corporation unless application for indemnification is made to, and ordered by, the court conducting the proceeding or another court of competent jurisdiction.
  Section 563 of the MBCA provides that a director or officer who has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of an action,
  suit or proceeding referred to in Sections 561 and 562 of the MBCA, or in defense of a claim, issue, or matter in the action, suit, or proceeding, shall be indemnified by the corporation against actual and reasonable expenses, including
  attorneys' fees, incurred by him or her in connection with the action, suit or proceeding, and an action, suit, or proceeding brought to enforce this mandatory indemnification.
  We have entered into indemnification agreements with each of our directors and officers.
  The foregoing statements are subject to the detailed provisions of the MBCA, our articles and our bylaws.
  Item 8. Exhibits
  The exhibits to this Registration
  Statement are listed below:
  4.
  Instruments defining the rights of security holders, including indentures.
  (i)
  Restated Articles of
   Incorporation—Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(i) to the Company's Form
  10-Q
  for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2018 (File
  No. 00-09165)
  (ii)
  Amended
   and Restated Bylaws—Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(ii) to the Company's Form
  10-K
  for the year ended December 31, 2022 (File
  No. 001-13149)
  5.
  Opinion re legality.
  (i)
  Opinion of Robert F. Pomper, Senior Corporate Operations Counsel.*
  23.
  Consent of experts and counsel.
  (i)
  Consent of Ernst 
  & Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm of the Company.*
  (ii)
  The consent of Robert F. Pomper, Senior Corporate Operations Counsel, is contained in the
  opinion filed as Exhibit 5(i) to this Registration Statement.*
  24.
  Power of attorney.
  (i)
  Included as part of the signature pages hereto.*
  99.
  Additional exhibits.
  (i)
  2008 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as Amended and Restated—Incorporated by reference to
  Appendix
   D
  to the Proxy Statement for the Company's 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (File
  No. 001-13149).
  (ii)
  2011 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as Amended and Restated—Incorporated by reference to
  Appendix
   B
  to the Proxy Statement for the Company's 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (File
  No. 001-13149).
  107.
  Filing Fee Table.*
  *
  Filed herewith
  SIGNATURES
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, 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
  Portage, State of Michigan, on May 30, 2025.
  STRYKER CORPORATION
  By:
  /s/ Preston W. Wells
  Preston W. Wells
  Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
  POWER OF ATTORNEY
  KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Tina S. French and Austin Y. Ke, 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 SEC the same, with all exhibits thereto, and
  any and all applications or other documents to be filed with the SEC 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, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities
  indicated on May 30, 2025.
  Signature
  Title
  /s/ Kevin A. Lobo
  Chair, Chief Executive Officer and President
  Kevin A. Lobo
  (Principal Executive Officer)
  /s/ Preston W. Wells
  Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
  Preston W. Wells
  (Principal Financial Officer)
  /s/ William E. Berry, Jr.
  Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer
  William E. Berry, Jr.
  (Principal Accounting Officer)
  /s/ Sherilyn S. McCoy
  Lead Independent Director
  Sherilyn S. McCoy
  /s/ Mary K. Brainerd
  Director
  Mary K. Brainerd
  /s/ Giovanni Caforio, M.D.
  Director
  Giovanni Caforio, M.D.
  /s/ Emmanuel P. Maceda
  Director
  Emmanuel P. Maceda
  /s/ Rachel M. Ruggeri
  Director
  Rachel M. Ruggeri
  /s/ Andrew K. Silvernail
  Director
  Andrew K. Silvernail
  /s/ Lisa M. Skeete Tatum
  Director
  Lisa M. Skeete Tatum
  /s/ Ronda E. Stryker
  Director
  Ronda E. Stryker
  /s/ Rajeev Suri
  Director
  Rajeev Suri