- Business
- Stryker Corporation (NYSE: SYK) develops, manufactures and markets medical technologies for use in medical and surgical operations, orthopaedics and neurotechnology; products include reconstructive implants for hip, knee, shoulder, ankle, foot and spine, trauma and extremities systems, orthobiologics and biosurgery; medical and surgical equipment encompassing endoscopy systems, patient handling and emergency medical equipment, surgical power tools, computer-assisted surgery, minimally invasive solutions and intensive care disposables; neurotechnology and spine offerings such as neurosurgical instruments, neurovascular products, cranial and spinal implants, interventional spine devices; and services including equipment maintenance, reprocessing of single-use devices, financial options and customized workflow solutions. The company, founded in 1941 and headquartered in Kalamazoo, Michigan, sells its products through subsidiaries, branches and distributors to hospitals, doctors and healthcare facilities in approximately 75 countries. In 2024-2025, Stryker completed acquisitions of Webdr.ai, Vertos Medical, NICO Corporation and Inari Medical for $4.8 billion to strengthen capabilities in orthopaedics and spine, neurotechnology, corridor surgery and peripheral vascular thrombectomy; launched the Incompass Total Ankle System, Surpass Elite Flow Diverter and InThrill Thrombectomy System; and announced the sale of its U.S. spinal implants business.