Medtronic to Participate in the Bear Stearns Healthcare Conference

Medtronic, Inc., (NYSE: MDT), the world’s leading medical technology company, today announced that it will participate in the Bear Stearns 20th Annual Healthcare Conference on Monday, September 10, 2007 in New York, NY.

William Hawkins, president and chief executive officer of Medtronic, will speak to the attendees of the Bear Stearns conference at 9 a.m. EDT, 8 a.m. CDT. Live audio webcast of the presentation will be available to all interested parties at Medtronic’s Investor Relations website at http://investorrelations.medtronic.com/index.cfm.