Medtronic to Participate in the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference

MINNEAPOLIS – Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE: MDT), the world’s leading medical technology company, today announced that it will participate in the 27th Annual JP Morgan Healthcare Conference on Monday, January 12, 2009, in San Francisco.

William Hawkins, chairman and chief executive officer of Medtronic, will speak to the attendees of the conference at 10 a.m. pacific time (12 p.m. central). A live audio webcast of the presentation will be available to all interested parties at Medtronic’s Investor Relations website at http://www.medtronic.com/.

Medtronic, Inc. (www.medtronic.com), headquartered in Minneapolis, is the global leader in medical technology – alleviating pain, restoring health, and extending life for millions of people around the world.