Exhibit 32.2 to St. Jude Medical, Inc. Form 10-K for the year ended December 29, 2007

EX-32.2 12 stjude080794_ex32-2.htm CERTIFICATION OF CFO PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 Exhibit 32.2 to St. Jude Medical, Inc. Form 10-K for the year ended December 29, 2007

Exhibit 32.2

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Annual Report of St. Jude Medical, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-K for the period ended December 29, 2007 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Report”), I, John C. Heinmiller, 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/ JOHN C. HEINMILLER
	John C. Heinmiller Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer February 25, 2008