On September 9, 2012, Reaux Medical Industries filed a patent infringement lawsuit (available here) against Stryker Corp. and others in the Northern District of Texas. Reaux Medical claims that defendants infringe U.S. Patent No. 8,261,375, which claims a method of forming a sterile hood. Reaux Medical claims that Stryker manufactures togas and hood products with peel-away eye shield options that are made using the claimed steps of the patent-in-suit.
Reaux Medical is represented by D. Scott Hemingway and Eugenia Hansen, both of Hemingway & Hansen, LLP.