XML 39 R27.htm IDEA: XBRL DOCUMENT v3.7.0.1

Fair Value Measurements (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2017	Mar. 31, 2016
Fair Value, Option, Qualitative Disclosures Related to Election [Line Items]
Business Combination, Contingent Consideration Arrangements, Range of Outcomes, Value, High	$ 1.00
Marketable Securities, Gain (Loss)	$ 11,000,000	$ 5,000,000
Corporate and asset-backed debt securities | Standard & Poor's, A Rating
Fair Value, Option, Qualitative Disclosures Related to Election [Line Items]
Percentage Of Company's Investments With Credit Quality Rating Less Than Single A And A2	1.00%
Corporate and asset-backed debt securities | Moody's, A Rating
Fair Value, Option, Qualitative Disclosures Related to Election [Line Items]
Percentage Of Company's Investments With Credit Quality Rating Less Than Single A And A2	1.00%
Corporate and asset-backed debt securities | Fitch, A Rating
Fair Value, Option, Qualitative Disclosures Related to Election [Line Items]
Percentage Of Company's Investments With Credit Quality Rating Less Than Single A And A2	1.00%

X

- Definition

Percentage Of Company's Investments With Credit Quality Rating Less Than Single A And A2

+ References

No definition available.

+ Details

Name:	syk_PercentageOfCompanysInvestmentsWithCreditQualityRatingLessThanSingleAndA2
Namespace Prefix:	syk_
Data Type:	num:percentItemType
Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	duration

X

- Definition

For contingent consideration arrangements recognized in connection with a business combination, this element represents an estimate of the high-end of the potential range (undiscounted) of the consideration which may be paid.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 805
-SubTopic 30
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (c)(3)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=35744584&loc=d3e6927-128479

+ Details

Name:	us-gaap_BusinessCombinationContingentConsiderationArrangementsRangeOfOutcomesValueHigh
Namespace Prefix:	us-gaap_
Data Type:	xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type:	credit
Period Type:	instant

X

- Definition

Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

+ References

No definition available.

+ Details

Name:	us-gaap_FairValueOptionQualitativeDisclosuresRelatedToElectionLineItems
Namespace Prefix:	us-gaap_
Data Type:	xbrli:stringItemType
Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	duration

X

- Definition

This item represents the net total realized and unrealized gain (loss) included in earnings for the period as a result of selling or holding marketable securities categorized as trading, available-for-sale, or held-to-maturity, including the unrealized holding gain (loss) of held-to-maturity securities transferred to the trading security category and the cumulative unrealized gain (loss) which was included in other comprehensive income (a separate component of shareholders' equity) for available-for-sale securities transferred to trading securities during the period. Additionally, this item would include any losses recognized for other than temporary impairments (OTTI) of the subject investments in debt and equity securities.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 320
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 9
-Subparagraph (a),(c)-(e)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=73527792&loc=d3e27357-111563

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 225
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03.7(c))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=63488584&loc=d3e20235-122688

Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 320
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 10
-Subparagraph (c)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=73527792&loc=d3e27405-111563

+ Details

Name:	us-gaap_MarketableSecuritiesGainLoss
Namespace Prefix:	us-gaap_
Data Type:	xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type:	credit
Period Type:	duration

X

- Details

Name:	us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis=us-gaap_AssetBackedSecuritiesMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type:

X

- Details

Name:	us-gaap_CreditRatingStandardPoorsAxis=us-gaap_StandardPoorsARatingMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type:

X

- Details

Name:	us-gaap_CreditRatingMoodysAxis=us-gaap_MoodysA2RatingMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type:

X

- Details

Name:	us-gaap_CreditRatingFitchAxis=us-gaap_FitchARatingMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type: