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Article History

Received: 7 May 2025

Accepted: 9 September 2025

First Online: 13 October 2025

Declarations

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: Eva Vaňková reports that the equipment was provided by Covmask s.r.o. Michal Sláma reports a relationship with Covmask s.r.o. that includes: employment and non-financial support. Michal Sláma/Covmask s.r.o. has license/cooperation agreement pending to UCT Prague (assignee). Co-author Michal Sláma is a co-owner of Covmask s.r.o., a company involved in the production of the Plasmatico device. The development of Plasmatico was carried out in collaboration between UCT Prague and Covmask s.r.o., and both parties are currently in the process of finalizing a formal agreement to formalize their cooperation. Michal Sláma facilitated the long-term loan of the Plasmatico device for research purposes. However, he was not involved in the direct preparation of samples using the device. His contributions were limited to testing the permeability of respirators that had already been exposed to plasma treatment. Additionally, he contributed to the development of the measurement methodology and participated in the description of the device’s development phases. While this professional connection exists, all research activities and findings presented in this work have been conducted objectively, adhering to standard scientific and ethical guidelines. The potential conflict of interest has been transparently disclosed to ensure the integrity of the study. All other authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.