An implantable medical device for providing structural support to tissue is described wherein the implant adheres to tissue without the benefit of suture, surgical adhesive and the like. The adherent or localization means is a hemostat or protein polymerizing materials such as oxidized cellulose, alpha cellulose, polyanhydroglucuronic acid and the like. The structure of the hemostat may be fibular (hallow and solid), woven, particulate, and the structure of hemostats in general. These protein polymerization compounds are beneficially attach to at least one side of a planar implant such as a surgical repair mesh, surgical barrier, and any implantable device intended to isolate or strength a layer of mammalian tissue.
