Exhibit 23 to Medtronic, Inc.(Puerto Rico) Form 11-K for fiscal year ended April 30, 2007

EX-23 2 medtronic074178_ex23.htm CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REG. PUBLIC ACCT. FIRM Exhibit 23 to Medtronic, Inc.(Puerto Rico) Form 11-K for fiscal year ended April 30, 2007

Exhibit 23

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statements on Form S-8 (Nos. 33-37529, 33-44230 and 333-106566) of Medtronic, Inc. of our report dated October 12, 2007 relating to the financial statements of the Medtronic Puerto Rico Employees’ Savings and Investment Plan, which appears in this Form 11-K.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Minneapolis, Minnesota
October 24, 2007