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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-24-213247
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	FWP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
FILED AS OF DATE:		20240904
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20240904

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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			STRYKER CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000310764
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SURGICAL & MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS & APPARATUS [3841]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	08 Industrial Applications and Services
		IRS NUMBER:				381239739
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MI
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		FWP
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-275853
		FILM NUMBER:		241278713

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1941 STRYKER WAY
		CITY:			PORTAGE
		STATE:			MI
		ZIP:			49002
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2693852600

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1941 STRYKER WAY
		CITY:			PORTAGE
		STATE:			MI
		ZIP:			49002

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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			STRYKER CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000310764
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SURGICAL & MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS & APPARATUS [3841]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	08 Industrial Applications and Services
		IRS NUMBER:				381239739
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MI
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		FWP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1941 STRYKER WAY
		CITY:			PORTAGE
		STATE:			MI
		ZIP:			49002
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2693852600

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1941 STRYKER WAY
		CITY:			PORTAGE
		STATE:			MI
		ZIP:			49002
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Filed Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;433</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Registration
Statement <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-275853</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">September&nbsp;4, 2024</P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>$750,000,000 4.625% Notes due 2034 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Stryker Corporation</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Security Type:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">4.250% Notes due 2029</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Principal Amount:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">$750,000,000</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Maturity Date:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">September&nbsp;11, 2029</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Interest Payment Dates:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Each March&nbsp;11 and September&nbsp;11, commencing March&nbsp;11, 2025</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Coupon (Interest Rate):</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">4.250% per year</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Price to Public:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">99.791% of the Principal Amount</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">99.470% of the Principal Amount</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Benchmark Treasury:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">3.625% due August&nbsp;31, 2029</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">3.875% due August&nbsp;15, 2034</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Spread to Benchmark Treasury:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Benchmark Treasury Yield:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">3.577%</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Yield to Maturity:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Prior to August&nbsp;11, 2029, T+15 bps</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">On or after August&nbsp;11, 2029, at par</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">CUSIP / ISIN:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">863667 BE0 / US863667BE08</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">863667 BF7 / US863667BF72</TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Settlement Date**:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Joint Book-Running Managers:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Citigroup Global Markets Inc.</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Goldman
Sachs&nbsp;&amp; Co. LLC</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Mizuho Securities USA LLC</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Morgan
Stanley&nbsp;&amp; Co. LLC</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Wells Fargo Securities, LLC</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">PNC Capital Markets LLC</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Siebert Williams
Shank&nbsp;&amp; Co., LLC</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc.</P></TD>
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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">Note: A securities rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities and may be subject to
revision or withdrawal at any time. </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">Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;15c6-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, trades in the secondary
market generally are required to settle in one business day unless the parties to any such trade expressly agree otherwise. Accordingly, purchasers of the notes who wish to trade the notes prior to the first business day before delivery of the notes
will be required, by virtue of the fact that the notes initially will settle in T+5, to specify an alternative settlement cycle at the time of any such trade to prevent failed settlement. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>The issuer has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus) with the SEC for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you
invest, you should read the prospectus in that registration statement and other documents the issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the issuer and this offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on
the SEC Web site at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, the issuer, any underwriter or any dealer participating in the offering will arrange to send you the prospectus if you request it by calling Citigroup Global Markets Inc. toll-free at <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">1-</FONT> <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">800-831-9146,</FONT> Goldman Sachs&nbsp;&amp; Co. LLC toll-free at
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">1-866-471-2526,</FONT></FONT></FONT> Mizuho Securities USA LLC toll-free at <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">1-866-271-7403,</FONT></FONT></FONT> Morgan Stanley&nbsp;&amp; Co. LLC toll-free at <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">1-866-718-1649</FONT></FONT></FONT> or
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC toll-free at <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">1-800-645-3751.</FONT></FONT></FONT> </B></P>
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