About the Authors

Benjamin S. Bleier

benjamin_bleier@meei.harvard.edu

Affiliation Department of Otology and Laryngology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Richie E. Kohman

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Rachel E. Feldman

Affiliation Department of Otology and Laryngology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Shreshtha Ramanlal

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Xue Han

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

Benjamin Saul Skorr Bleier is an inventor of the described technique which is protected under a non-provisional US patent(METHODS OF TREATING PAIN AND NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS, AND DELIVERING PHARMACEUTICAL AGENTS US20130030056 A1). There are no further patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Revsions and Final Approval of Manuscript: BSB RK RF SR XH. Conceived and designed the experiments: BSB RK RF SR XH. Performed the experiments: BSB RK RF SR. Analyzed the data: BSB RK RF SR XH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BSB RK RF SR XH. Wrote the paper: BSB RK RF SR XH.