Devices and methods are provided for indicating treatment efficiency by illuminating a signal onto surrounding tissue. The signal may be dynamic and is configured to indicate specific parameters of the treatment, the device and the patient. Various signal features may denote different parameters. Devices and methods are provided for maintaining a fiber tip effective throughout a treatment procedure by regenerating or replacing the tip. Devices and methods are provided for controlling emission from bended fibers. Cordless configurations of laser treatment devices are also provided.

The present invention generally relates to vulcanization compositions used to vulcanize elastomeric articles, where the vulcanization compositions have reduced allergenic potential as compared to elastomeric articles formed using vulcanization compositions having non-fugitive accelerators. The present invention also relates to elastomeric articles formed using the vulcanization compositions. The invention further relates to methods for making a reduced-allergenicity vulcanization composition, and to methods for using the vulcanization compositions to vulcanize elastomeric articles.

An anchoring device, including a finger-mountable work channel defining assembly defining two side walls joined at an end wall, the finger-mountable work channel defining assembly defining a finger mounting axis, the finger-mountable work channel defining assembly defining a work channel axis along one of the side walls, the finger-mountable work channel defining assembly defining an aperture lying generally in an aperture plane angled with respect to the finger mounting axis and with respect to the work channel axis, the finger-mountable work channel defining assembly defining at least one protrusion adjacent to the aperture, an anchor insertion assembly arranged for axial displacement along the work channel axis with respect to the aperture so as to intersect the aperture plane and an anchor assembly including at least an anchoring portion and a flexible elongate portion attached thereto, the anchoring portion having a pre-anchoring operative orientation and an anchoring operative orientation.

An anchoring device, including a finger-mountable work channel defining assembly defining two side walls joined at an end wall, the finger-mountable work channel defining assembly defining a finger mounting axis, the finger-mountable work channel defining assembly defining a work channel axis along one of the side walls, the finger-mountable work channel defining assembly defining an aperture lying generally in an aperture plane angled with respect to the finger mounting axis and with respect to the work channel axis, the finger-mountable work channel defining assembly defining at least one protrusion adjacent to the aperture, an anchor insertion assembly arranged for axial displacement along the work channel axis with respect to the aperture so as to intersect the aperture plane and an anchor assembly including at least an anchoring portion and a flexible elongate portion attached thereto, the anchoring portion having a pre-anchoring operative orientation and an anchoring operative orientation.