Stryker (SYK) 8-K Financial statements and exhibits

EXHIBIT 99.4

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ending June 30, 2002 of Stryker Corporation (the "Company") as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, David J. Simpson, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1)	The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
(2)	The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

/S/ DAVID J. SIMPSON

David J. Simpson,
Chief Financial Officer

August 12, 2002