POWER OF ATTORNEY


Know all persons by these presents, that I
have granted to Pamela S. Krop, Stephen Kozachok,
James W. A. Ladner and Elizabeth Porter, a limited,
revocable power of attorney effective August 1, 2006,
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