A hernia patch comprising a frame made of a plurality of strands made from a shape memory alloy wound together as a cable and a prosthetic mesh material attached to the cable frame. The cable frame forms a loop of a predetermined shape when unconstrained. The cable frame cam is rolled or folded into a tight cylindrical shape and inserted into a small diameter trocar. When the hernia patch is ejected out of the trocar into the patient's abdominal cavity, the frame warms to the point where the alloy is in its austenite form so that it springs to a functional, predetermined configuration. Alternatively, the superelastic properties of the alloy cause the frame to return to the predetermined configuration. The frame is integral with the prosthetic mesh material so that it will not migrate and therefore will not need to be sutured or stapled in place.