Sound processors with light transmissive seals and implantable cochlear stimulation systems including the same
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1. A method of operating a sound processor having a housing, the method comprising the step of:
- transmitting visible light that is representative of an operational aspect of the sound processor through a seal that is compressed by the sound processor housing such that the visible light passing through the compressed seal is visible from outside of the sound processor housing.
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Abstract
Sound processors with light transmissive seals and systems including such sound processors are disclosed.
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1. A method of operating a sound processor having a housing, the method comprising the step of:
transmitting visible light that is representative of an operational aspect of the sound processor through a seal that is compressed by the sound processor housing such that the visible light passing through the compressed seal is visible from outside of the sound processor housing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A sound processor, comprising:
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a housing defining an exterior; sound processor circuitry within the housing; a seal formed at least in part from substantially translucent elastomeric material, the seal being compressed by the sound processor housing and positioned such that at least a portion of the substantially translucent elastomeric material is visible from outside the housing; and a light emitter carried within housing that directs light into the substantially translucent elastomeric material such that the light is visible at the housing exterior. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A sound processor, comprising:
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a housing defining an exterior; a device, accessible from the exterior of the housing, carried by the housing such that a gap is defined between a portion of the housing and a portion of the device; sound processor circuitry within the housing; a light emitter carried within the housing; and means, located within the gap and associated with the light emitter, for sealing the gap against the ingress of moisture while transmitting light through the gap to the exterior of the housing. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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