Patent ID: 9476285
Filing Date: 2016-10-25
CPC Classification: E21B

Claim Text:
1. A guide system for use in a wellbore having a motherbore and a lateral wellbore, the system comprising: a body; a probe assembly selectively extendable from a lateral side of the body between an undeployed position in contact with a wall of the motherbore, and a deployed position in contact with a wall of the lateral wellbore; a guide member projecting from an end of the body and directed towards a designated wellbore when the probe assembly is in the deployed position; and a steering system in the body responsive to a change between the undeployed and deployed positions of the probe assembly to selectively move the guide member from an orientation where the guide member is directed away from the designated wellbore and to an orientation where the guide member is directed towards the designated wellbore.