Patent ID: 8608784

Claim:
A surgical implant device comprising: a plurality of elongate wire members having first and second ends, said members spaced generally parallel to each other to form adjacent rows; a plurality of generally uniformly shaped members threaded on said plurality of elongate wire members, wherein a first member has a flat top end and a flat bottom end, and has a first elongate wire member threaded therethrough, and a second member has a flat top end and a flat bottom end and has a second elongate wire member threaded therethrough, said bottom end of said first member being in contact with said top end of said second member, wherein said plurality of elongate wire members and plurality of generally uniformly shaped members form a malleable mesh-like surface structure that permits liquids to flow threrethrough, said plurality of elongate wire members being spaced parallel to each other and extending from and affixed to a first anchor plate and a second anchor plate, said plurality of generally uniformly shaped members being rotatable about said wires, and being in a stacked arrangement where said flat bottom end of said second member contacts said flat top end of said first generally uniformly shaped member, and wherein said generally uniformly shaped members resist compression forces in a first orientation and provides flexibility in an a second orientation that is 90° from said first orientation, said first orientation extending along an axis parallel to the plurality of elongate wire members.