EXHIBIT 32(i)

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 Annual Report on Form 10-K of Stryker Corporation (the "Company") for the year ending December 31, 2003 (the "Report"), I, John W. Brown, Chief Executive 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/ JOHN W. BROWN
John W. Brown,
Chief Executive Officer 

March 12, 2004