Surgical staple for anastomosis

An anastomosis staple , comprising:

• a substantially planar rectangular base, and
• a plurality of deformable tines extending from each of two opposing edges of said base, wherein said tines projecting from a first edge of said base and said tines projecting from a second edge of said base deform toward one another in use, wherein said tines have a first configuration and a second configuration, wherein said tines are deformed in the second configuration, and wherein in the second configuration a first tine extending from the first edge is less distant from a third tine extending from the second edge than a space between a first group and a second group, the first group including the first tine and the third tine, the second group including a second tine extending from the first edge and a fourth tine extending from the second edge, and wherein in the second configuration the second tine is less distant from the fourth tine than the space between the first group and the second group, the first tine adjacent to the second tine on the first edge, the third tine adjacent to the fourth tine on the second edge, the first tine and the second tine offset with respect to the third tine and the fourth tine, wherein the first tine extending from the first edge has a first length and the second tine extending from the first edge has a second length, wherein the third tine extending from the second edge has the second length and the fourth tine extending from the second edge has the first length, wherein the first length is shorter than the second length, and wherein the first tine is substantially parallel to the third tine and the second tine is substantially parallel to the fourth tine.