The Today sponge 'was manufactured until 1995, when FDA imposed new manufacturing standards.' The product had several setbacks while marketed, including a link to toxic shock syndrome. A 1984 study in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology compared it with the diaphragm and found that the Today sponge was a 'safe and acceptable method of contraception with an effectiveness rate in the range of other vaginal contraceptives.' The Today sponge also broke the barrier in several markets for advertising contraceptive devices. of Irvine, California, was classified as 'relatively safe' by the FDA in 1984. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval, the brand was rolled out in June 1983. Vorhauer struggled for seven years to get the device approved and on the market. The Today sponge dates back to 1976 when it was created by Bruce Ward Vorhauer. Within two years of its launch, Today had become the largest selling over-the-counter female contraceptive in the United States, and was soon rolled out into other markets. The Today sponge is a brand of plastic contraceptive sponge saturated with a spermicide nonoxynol-9 to prevent conception.

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