About the Authors

Jae Won Chang

Contributed equally to this work with: Jae Won Chang, Sung Un Kang

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, School of Medicine, Ajou University, Suwon, Korea

Sung Un Kang

Contributed equally to this work with: Jae Won Chang, Sung Un Kang

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, School of Medicine, Ajou University, Suwon, Korea

Yoo Seob Shin

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, School of Medicine, Ajou University, Suwon, Korea

Kang Il Kim

Affiliation Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ajou University, Suwon, Korea

Seong Jin Seo

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, School of Medicine, Ajou University, Suwon, Korea

Sang Sik Yang

Affiliation Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ajou University, Suwon, Korea

Jong-Soo Lee

Affiliation Department of Molecular Science and Technology and Department of Life Science, Ajou University, Suwon, Korea

Eunpyo Moon

Affiliation Department of Molecular Science and Technology and Department of Life Science, Ajou University, Suwon, Korea

Keunho Lee

Affiliation Plasma Systems and Materials (PSM) America Inc., Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States of America

Chul-Ho Kim

ostium@ajou.ac.kr

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, School of Medicine, Ajou University, Suwon, Korea

Competing Interests

Keunho Lee is the chief executive officer of PSM America Inc., dedicated as technical consultation on device, and this does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JWC SUK CHK SSY JSL EM. Performed the experiments: JWC SUK. Analyzed the data: JWC SUK KL CHK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YSS KIK SJS. Wrote the paper: JWC CHK.