Patent ID: 9376910
Filing Date: 2016-06-28
CPC Classification: E21B

Claim Text:
1. A downhole formation testing and sampling apparatus comprising: an expandable packer having a radially contracted running configuration and a radially expanded deployed configuration; and a first longitudinally elongated sealing pad operably associated with the expandable packer, the first elongated sealing pad having an outer surface operable to seal a region along a surface of the formation to establish a hydraulic connection therewith when the expandable packer is operated from the running configuration to the deployed configuration, and first and second openings formed through said sealing pad for establishing fluid communication within said region between the formation and an interior of the apparatus, said first opening being longitudinally and circumferentially offset from said second opening; wherein, the first opening is fluidly isolated from the second opening within said interior of the apparatus when said elongated sealing pad is in the deployed configuration.