POWER OF ATTORNEY


Know all persons by these presents, that I have granted to
Kashif Rashid, James W. A. Ladner and Elizabeth Porter,
a limited, revocable power of attorney effective August 1, 2008,
for the sole purpose of obtaining SEC EDGAR access codes and
passwords and filing any Form 3, Form 4,  Form 5 or any other
form or report the undersigned may be required to file under
Section 16 of the Securities Act of 1934, as amended, or any
amendment to any such form or report, on my behalf with the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission in connection
with my association with St. Jude Medical, Inc.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand.


/s/ Pamela S. Krop
Pamela S. Krop