Abstract: A laparoscopic tissue suturing instrument comprises a shaft and a tissue grasper coupled to the shaft. The tissue grasper defines a tissue receiving gap and defining a shuttling element retention cavity. The instrument further comprises a suture shuttling element configured for being removably retained at least partially within the shuttling element retention cavity, and a needle having a needle shaft, a shuttling element coupler disposed at a distal end of the needle shaft, and a shuttling element release mechanism disposed on the needle shaft proximal to the shuttling element coupler. The instrument further comprises a shuttling element retainer mechanism adjacent to the shuttling element retention cavity.

Abstract: An electrical connector including a first connector interface and a second connector interface. Each of the first and second connector interfaces includes several terminals. At least a portion of the terminals of the first connector interface are electrically coupled to at least a portion of the terminals of the second connector interface via a multi-layered terminal bus.

Abstract: A non-contact ignition switch. The switch may include an actuator element; a sensor spaced from the sensor actuator element for sensing the position of the actuator element, and a control circuit for providing an ignition state output in response to an output of the sensor. The sensor actuator element may be a magnet, and the sensor may be a Hall effect sensor.