What is This? No Googling!

Miniature mechanical jellyfish that swims through the blood veins performing various tasks....?

close, its a net

Hairnet for a hairy tumor??

hairnet for your aunts mole on her chin?

you cheated

I thought everyone has one.......

Hey,,,that's not a mole....

I see the family resemblance, you have her teeth,..... ... and it looks like she's calling you cuz she wants them back.

Don't stare , she's a little self-conscious....

interesting,.....

Out of curiosity, I asked her, "How long did you have that horn growing out of your forehead."

Your Aunts reply was: "What Horn?"

Reminds me of the story about the guy with the frog on his forehead....when someone asked "how long has that been there?", the frog said "It started about 3 months ago as a lump on my ass."

It's not a tumah! Oh wait, yes it is...

od grief!....this must be the lady who suffers from EdZachary disease

ROFLMAO - This is what happens when you drink goat's milk from a young age.

I am not sure this is a bona fide image that has not been (1) photoshopped, or (2) staged by a grandmother with a warped sense of humor by gluing the horn onto her forehead.

As far as EdZachary disease - her face does look edzarchary like her ...

Snap on filter for a wine bottle?

decent guess!........no

With out googling......

From personal experience......... That looks like a plug to repair a Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO) the ailment is googled for extra credit. ...... right.????

Looks a bit like a gas mantle to me.

I'd say the same!

A clutch plate for your heart.

here we go...http://news.bostonscientific.com/2015-03-13-Boston-Scientific-Receives-FDA-Approval-for-WATCHMAN-Left-Atrial-Appendage-Closure-Device

its an implant that catches blot clots before they get pumped up to the brain!

Anything is better than medications..... especially warfarin, when you have to have protein tests regularly to check on your level of clotting agents..... and with warfarin, if not treated/monitored properly, is as or more dangerous that the ailment itself.

its a great alternative for those that bleed easily and saves big money on drugs, I like it

On top of that,.... probably an out patient procedure.. in on Monday out on Tuesday.

I was guessing some sort of stint...no Google remember.

Who'd have thought they'd have sink drain strainers for arteries.....

How do you clean it out?

Back flush.

A coronary stent?

A temporary blood clot filter / catcher?

Good luck, man. Hope your surgery goes well.

Tiffany's lamp with base a la Joan Miro.

Prototype parachute for the official Stuart Little accessory pack.

My guess was wrong as I see that someone before me has hit it on the head.

I just looked at this blog for the first time and I have seen the answer, but I was going to say a heart valve due to the way it was being "hygienically" held with tweezers and rubber gloves....

Close but no cigar!!

Artificial valve for the heart.

It is an aortic stint. Just a wild guess.

Will it work as an IUD?

ON a human? I don't know, but probably if you wore that for a ball cap, it might work (as far as preventing an unwanted pregnancy, or opportunity for one).

It could be a vaginal mesh (now that my thinking has gone south), bladder sling, or pelvic sling, in which case, the lawyers will be ringing the phones here on CR4 any moment now.

bladder sling, or pelvic sling,

Was that what David used to slay Goliath?

Yes, slung him clean to death I hear...

It's clearly a type of birth conrol/ pregnancy prevention device. A chastity belt for the 21st century ? They could have tried something less aggressive than chicken wire !

Shall I answer considering I´m a surgeon? ... or would it be unfair play?

Well, as no one replied to my question, here is my guess: it is an implantable device made in Nitinol and Poliethylene in the shape of an umbrella, basically an advanced "Stent". This umbrella may be used to close a communication between adjacent chambers in the heart. It is delivered by means of a catheter.