Stryker to Host Analyst Meeting( KALAMAZOO Mich. Jan. 30 /- Stryker Co...),Health

KALAMAZOO, Mich., Jan. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Stryker Corporation (NYSE: SYK) announced today that it will conduct an Analyst Meeting on Wednesday, May 20, 2009, at 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time, in New York, New York.

Stephen P. MacMillan, President and Chief Executive Officer, will host the meeting with presentations by leaders of the Company's key business units.

A simultaneous webcast of the meeting will be available on Stryker's website at www.stryker.com via the For Investors page. The webcast will be archived on this site for 90 days. To hear the meeting via telephone, dial 800-884-5695 (domestic) or 617-786-2960 (international) and enter registration number 98922638.

A recording of the meeting will be available from 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time, on May 20, 2009, until 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time, on May 27, 2009. To hear this recording, dial 888-286-8010 (domestic) or 617-801-6888 (international) and enter registration number 20013937.

Certain statements made in the presentation may constitute forward-looking statements. They will be based upon management's current expectations and will be subject to various risks and uncertainties that could cause the Company's actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in such statements. Such factors include, but are not limited to: further weakening of economic conditions that could adversely affect the level of demand for the Company's products; pricing pressures generally, including cost-containment measures that could adversely affect the price of or demand for the Company's products; changes in foreign exchange markets; regulatory actions; unanticipated issues arising in connection with clinical studies and otherwise that affect U.S. Food and Drug Administration approv
'/>"/>