POWER OF ATTORNEY


Know all persons by these presents, that I have granted to
Jason Zellers, Kashif Rashid, Gus Koutsouvas, James W. A. Ladner
and Elizabeth Porter, a limited, revocable power of attorney
effective January 22, 2015, 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/ I. Paul Bae
I. Paul Bae