Stryker Corp. SYK

What this company does

Stryker offers products and services in MedSurg, Neurotechnology and Orthopaedics. Its products, sold in approximately 61 countries through company-owned subsidiaries and branches as well as third-party dealers and distributors, include surgical equipment and surgical navigation systems, endoscopic and communications systems, patient handling and emergency medical equipment and intensive care disposable products, clinical communication and artificial-intelligence-assisted virtual care platform technology, products for brain and open skull-based surgical procedures, minimally invasive products for the treatment of acute ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke and venous thromboembolism, implants used in joint replacement and trauma surgeries, and Mako robotic-arm assisted technology. Alongside its customers, the company reaches more than 150 million patients annually. On December 31, 2025, it had approximately 56,000 employees globally, with approximately 28,000 employees in the United States. It segregates its operations into two reportable business segments: MedSurg and Neurotechnology, and Orthopaedics. MedSurg and Neurotechnology products include surgical equipment, patient and caregiver safety technologies and navigation systems (Instruments), endoscopic and communications systems (Endoscopy), patient handling and emergency medical equipment, intensive care disposable products, and clinical communication and artificial-intelligence-assisted virtual care platform technology (Medical), minimally invasive products for the treatment of acute ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke and venous thromboembolism (Vascular), and products for brain and open skull-based surgical procedures along with orthobiologic and biosurgery products, including synthetic bone grafts and vertebral augmentation products (Neuro Cranial). Orthopaedics products primarily include implants used in total joint replacements, such as hip, knee and shoulder, ankle, and trauma and extremities surgeries. Stryker was incorporated in Michigan in 1946 as the successor company to a business founded in 1941 by Dr. Homer H. Stryker.

Written from the business description in STRYKER CORP's annual report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, filed 11 February 2026. Every sentence was checked against that document before publication.