Editing Cervical cap (section)

==Terminology==
The term ''cervical cap'' has been used to refer to a number of barrier contraceptives, including the Prentif, Dumas, Vimule, and Oves devices.<ref name="CBAS">{{cite web|title=Cervical Caps|work=Cervical Barrier Advancement Society|date=March 2005|url=http://www.cervicalbarriers.org/information/cervicalcaps.cfm|access-date=2008-04-26|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509134032/http://www.cervicalbarriers.org/information/cervicalcaps.cfm|archive-date=2008-05-09}}</ref> In the United States, Prentif was the only brand available for several decades (Prentif was withdrawn from the U.S. market in 2005).<ref name="CBAS" />  During this time, it was common to use the term ''cervical cap'' to refer exclusively to the Prentif brand.<ref name="hatcher">{{cite book|first=R.A.|last=Hatcher|year=2000|title=Contraceptive Technology|edition=18th|publisher=Ardent Media|location=New York|isbn=0-9664902-6-6|author2=Trussel, J.|author3=Stewart, F.|display-authors=2}}{{Page needed|date=September 2011}}</ref><!--
 --><ref name="contonline">{{cite web|title=FDA Approves Lea's Shield|work=The Contraception Report|publisher=Contraception Online|date=June 2002|url=http://www.contraceptiononline.org/contrareport/article01.cfm?art=210|access-date=2008-04-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080428015725/http://www.contraceptiononline.org/contrareport/article01.cfm?art=210<!-- Bot retrieved archive -->|archive-date=2008-04-28}}</ref>

The Lea's Shield was a cervical barrier device which was discontinued as of 2008.  Some sources use ''cervical cap'' to refer to the FemCap and Lea's Shield.<ref name="fwhc">{{cite web|title=Cervical Cap|publisher=Feminist Women's Health Center|date=September 2006|url=http://www.fwhc.org/birth-control/capinfo.htm|access-date=2008-04-26|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080416120745/http://www.fwhc.org/birth-control/capinfo.htm|archive-date=2008-04-16}}</ref><!--
 --><ref name="uc">{{cite web|title=Cervical Cap|publisher=University of Chicago Student Care Center|year=2006|url=http://scc.uchicago.edu/pdf/sex_contra_cevical_cap.pdf|access-date=2008-04-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061231214904/http://scc.uchicago.edu/CervicalCap.pdf|archive-date=2006-12-31}}</ref> Other sources include FemCap in the term ''cervical cap'', but classified the Lea's Shield as a distinct device.<ref name="CBAS" /><ref name="fda">{{cite web|title=Birth Control Guide|publisher=U.S. Food and Drug Administration|date=December 2003|url=https://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/1997/babytabl.html|access-date=2008-04-26|archive-date=2008-05-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080511175136/http://www.fda.gov/Fdac/features/1997/babytabl.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In the 1920s, cervical caps (and also [[Diaphragm (birth control)|diaphragms]]) were often just called ''pessaries''.{{sfn|Stopes|1924|pp=138, 160}}

Cervical caps or conception caps have also been designed as a form of [[assisted reproductive technology]], used to help people experiencing infertility.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/cdrh_docs/pdf6/K063227.pdf|title=K063227.pdf|url-status=dead|access-date=May 25, 2021|date=March 14, 2007|archive-date=February 24, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170224130038/https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/cdrh_docs/pdf6/K063227.pdf}}</ref>{{Clarify|reason=mechanism of action etc.|date=December 2022}}