1. A sacrocolpopexy support comprising:
a Y-shaped body having a planar base and a pair of legs extending from the planar base, where each leg in the pair of legs is sized for attachment to an exterior surface of a cuff of a vagina of a patient;
a first interconnecting member coupled to the planar base of the Y-shaped body; and
an adjustable anchor coupled to and movable bi-directionally along the first interconnecting member, the adjustable anchor including a collar disposed over a body, the collar including a sidewall having a first aperture in the sidewall and a second aperture in the sidewall, the body has a first internal surface and the collar has a second internal surface with the first and second internal surfaces defining an internal pathway extending part way around a central longitudinal axis of the adjustable anchor and between the first and second apertures, the first interconnecting member entering the adjustable anchor at the first aperture and exiting at the second aperture such that the first interconnecting member extends through the internal pathway within the adjustable anchor.
2. The sacrocolpopexy support of claim 1, wherein the planar base and the pair of legs extending from the planar base are monolithically formed.
3. The sacrocolpopexy support of claim 1, wherein each leg in the pair of legs is bifurcated away from the planar base at a non-zero acute angle.
4. The sacrocolpopexy support of claim 1, wherein each leg in the pair of legs is planar.
5. The sacrocolpopexy support of claim 1, wherein the planar base and the pair of legs extending from the planar base are co-planar.
6. The sacrocolpopexy support of claim 1, wherein the planar base is formed to have a tensile strength that is greater than a tensile strength of a leg of the pair of legs.
7. The sacrocolpopexy support of claim 1, wherein the adjustable anchor is an adjustable soft tissue anchor configured for anchoring in soft tissue of the patient.
8. The sacrocolpopexy support of claim 1, wherein the adjustable anchor includes a flange section.
9. The sacrocolpopexy support of claim 8, wherein a plurality of flanges protrudes from the flange section, with a web formed between adjacent flanges in the plurality of flanges.
10. The sacrocolpopexy support of claim 1, wherein the internal surfaces exert a compressive force on the first interconnecting member generating frictional interference between the adjustable anchor and the first interconnecting member to inhibit the bi-directional movement of the adjustable anchor along the first interconnecting member.
11. The sacrocolpopexy support of claim 1, wherein the internal surfaces exert a compressive force on the first interconnecting member generating frictional interference between the adjustable anchor and the first interconnecting member to inhibit the bi-directional movement of the adjustable anchor along the first interconnecting member unless sufficient force is applied to overcome the frictional interference.
12. The sacrocolpopexy support of claim 1, wherein the first interconnecting member is a suture.
13. The sacrocolpopexy support of claim 1, wherein the internal pathway is substantially curved.
14. The sacrocolpopexy support of claim 1, comprising a second interconnecting member coupled to the planar base of the Y-shaped body with a second adjustable anchor according to the adjustable anchor of claim 1 coupled to and movable bi-directionally along the second interconnecting member.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A method of reducing power consumption of a mobile terminal, comprising:
detecting the residual power of a battery of the mobile terminal;
displaying, at a self-emissive display unit, an image which includes a background portion and a non-background portion; and
controlling the self-emissive display unit based on the detected residual power so that the brightness of the non-background portion is higher than that of the background portion.
2. The method of claim 1, further comprising comparing the detected residual power with a previously stored reference value, wherein the controlling is performed based on the comparison.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein the brightness of the background portion is less than or equal to about 1 cdm2.
4. The method of claim 3, wherein the brightness of the non-background portion is in the range of about 10 to about 300 cdm2.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein the non-background portion includes at least one of the following: a still image, a video image and text.
6. A mobile terminal, comprising:
a detector configured to detect the residual power of a battery of the mobile terminal;
a self-emissive display unit configured to display an image which includes a background portion and a non-background portion; and
a controller configured to control the display unit based on the detected residual power so that the brightness of the non-background portion is higher than that of the background portion.
7. The mobile terminal of claim 6, further comprising a comparator configured to compare the detected residual power with a previously stored reference value, wherein the controller is further configured to control the display unit based on the comparison.
8. The mobile terminal of claim 6, wherein the self-emissive display unit is an organic light emitting display unit.
9. A mobile terminal, comprising:
a self-emissive display unit configured to display an image;
a memory configured to store first and second graphic user interfaces (GUIs), wherein the first GUI is adapted to display an image at a first brightness and the second GUI is adapted to display an image at a second brightness different from the first brightness; and
a controller configured to select one of the first and second GUIs based on the residual power of a battery of the mobile terminal.
10. The mobile terminal of claim 9, wherein the first brightness is greater than the second brightness.
11. The mobile terminal of claim 10, wherein the controller is further configured to select one of the two GUIs based on user input.
12. The mobile terminal of claim 11, further comprising an input unit configured to receive user input so as to select the second GUI.
13. The mobile terminal of claim 10, wherein the second brightness is less than about 1 cdm2.
14. The mobile terminal of claim 13, wherein the first brightness is in the range of about 10 to about 300 cdm2.
15. The mobile terminal of claim 9, further comprising a battery residual power detector configured to detect the residual power of the battery, wherein the controller is further configured to control the display unit based on the detected residual power.
16. A mobile terminal, comprising:
a detector configured to detect the residual power of a battery of the mobile terminal;
a comparator configured to compare the detected residual power with a previously stored reference value;
an organic light emitting display unit configured to display an image which includes a background portion and a non-background portion; and
a controller configured to control the display unit, based on the detected residual power being less than the previously stored reference value, such that the brightness of the non-background portion is higher than that of the background portion.
17. The mobile terminal of claim 16, wherein the brightness of the background portion is less than about 1 cdm2 and the brightness of the non-background portion is in the range of about 10 to about 300 cdm2.
18. The mobile terminal of claim 16, wherein the detector comprises:
a multiplexer configured to transmit an analog signal corresponding to a current value output from the battery; and
an AD converter configured to convert the analog signal received from the multiplexer into a digital signal.