Patent attributes
A surgical instrument comprising an elongate shaft assembly operably supporting a circular surgical staple cartridge in a distal end thereof and a plurality of arcuate tissue acquisition members pivotally attached to the elongate shaft assembly and configured to be selectively radially deployable from a first position wherein the plurality of arcuate tissue acquisition members cooperate to form a continuous ring defining a continuous outer ring diameter and a second deployed position wherein each arcuate tissue acquisition member extends radially outward from the elongate shaft assembly is disclosed. The surgical instrument further comprises means for selectively deploying the plurality of arcuate tissue acquisition members between the first position and the second deployed position, a tissue cutting member comprising two diametrically opposed ends forming a plurality of tissue cutting edges, and means for selectively rotating the tissue cutting member relative to the plurality of arcuate tissue acquisition members.
