Patent ID: 8220536
Filing Date: 2012-07-17
Classification: E21B

Abstract:
1. A probe for establishing fluid communication between a downhole tool and a subterranean formation, the downhole tool positioned in a wellbore penetrating the subterranean formation, comprising: a platform operatively connected to the downhole tool: a packer operatively connected to the platform, the packer having at least one hole extending therethrough; and embedded members disposed in the packer for enhancing the operation of the packer as it is pressed against the wellbore wall whereby the packer forms a seal with the wellbore wall; wherein the embedded members substantially comprise metal, and wherein the packer is forty percent elastomeric and sixty percent metal; wherein the elastomeric forty percent of the packer substantially comprises a composite material comprising rubber and polytetrafluorethylene (TEFLON); and wherein the embedded members include: and a plurality of metal wires that reinforce the packer and that are more numerous near inner and outer peripheries of the packer and less numerous in a sealing area between the inner and outer peripheries.