POWER OF ATTORNEY

      KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears
below hereby constitutes and appoints Aaron M. Grossman and Christopher H.
Martin, and any one of them acting singly, the true and lawful attorneys-in-fact
and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for the
undersigned and in the undersigned's name, place, and stead, in any and all
capacities to sign any and all instruments, certificates, and documents verbally
approved by the undersigned that, as a result of the undersigned's service on
the Board of Directors of LeMaitre Vascular, Inc., are required to be executed
on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to sections 13 and 16 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and any and all
regulations promulgated thereunder, and to file the same, with all exhibits
thereto, and any other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities
and Exchange Commission, and with any other entity when and if such is mandated
by the Exchange Act or by the By-laws of the National Association of Securities
Dealers, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary
fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person
thereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or
their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.  This Power of Attorney shall remain in effect until it is revoked in
writing or the undersigned has ceased to serve as a member of the Board of
Directors of LeMaitre Vascular, Inc.

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Power of Attorney has been signed as of the
Second day of January, 2007.

                                  /s/ Russell D. Hays