Patent ID: 8833187
Filing Date: 2014-09-16
Classification: E21B,G01N,G01T,G12B

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for providing remote access to a structure, the apparatus comprising: a support member; at least one stabilizing member having a first portion coupled to the support member and a second portion configured to engage with the structure to restrict relative movement between the support member and the structure, the at least one stabilizing member being radially expandable from a first configuration where the second portion does not engage with a surface of the structure to a second configuration where the second portion engages with the surface of the structure; and at least one moveable member having a first end and a second end, the first end being coupled to the support member and the second end being coupled to an instrument, the moveable member being configured to radially expand to move the instrument adjacent to a surface of the structure, wherein the instrument comprises a plurality of core bits rotatably coupled to a turret and at least one driver configured to advance each of the core bits towards the surface of the structure and rotate the core bits to capture samples from the structure.