Patent ID: 11898436
Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E | IPC E

Claim 0:
1. A system for a well comprising:
a sliding sleeve installed within a tubular body having an exit groove;
a ball landing seat formed by the sliding sleeve;
a plurality of microchips housed in a microchip ring installed within the sliding sleeve;
a hydraulic piston installed within the microchip ring, triggered by reception of a ball in the ball landing seat, the ball reducing a cross sectional area of a flow path, wherein the hydraulic piston releases the plurality of microchips through the exit groove and into the well to gather data; and
a ball catcher configured to receive and hold the ball after the plurality of microchips are released into the well, wherein the ball catcher and the ball are made of a dissolvable material.