1、STRYKER CORPORATION2001 ANNUAL REPORTCONTENTS03Letter to Shareholders06Anticipate the Future10Build on the Best14Drive Innovation20Lead the Market25 Financial ReviewCOVER PHOTOStrykers new image-guided system for total knee replacement helps the surgeonachieve highly accurate alignment and optimal s
2、oft tissue balancing.Orthopaedic ImplantsStryker Howmedica OsteonicsOrthopaedic reconstructive products including hip,kneeand shoulder implants.Production facilities in NewJersey,Ireland and France.Stryker SpineSpinal implant products.Production facilities in France.ORTHOPAEDICSTrauma SystemsStryker
3、 TraumaTrauma-related productsincluding nailing,plating andexternal fixation systems.Production facilities in New Jersey,Germany andSwitzerland.Stryker LeibingerPlating systems,instrumentsand related products for craniomaxillofacial surgery;systems for image-guided surgery.Production facilities inMi
4、chigan and Germany.Surgical Instruments and EquipmentStryker InstrumentsPowered surgical instrumentsand other products,such as lavage systems and cementinjection systems.Productionfacilities in Michigan,PuertoRico and Ireland.Stryker EndoscopyMedical video-imaging equipment and instruments forarthro
5、scopy and general surgery.Production facilities inCalifornia and Puerto Rico.BiotechnologyStryker BiotechOsteogenic protein-1(OP-1)bone growth factor.Productionfacilities in Massachusetts,New Hampshire and Ireland.Stryker Corporation develops,manufactures and markets specialty surgical and medical p
6、rod-ucts worldwide.These products include orthopaedic implants,trauma systems,the bonegrowth factor osteogenic protein-1,powered surgical instruments,endoscopic systems andpatient care and handling equipment.The Company also provides outpatient rehabilitative healthservices in the United States.Stry