Patent ID: 8403036

Claim:
An apparatus for use in a wellbore, comprising: a mandrel; a sealing element carried on the mandrel, the sealing element being radially expandable from a first run-in diameter to a second set diameter in response to application of axial force on the sealing element; and an extrusion limiting assembly carried on the mandrel and proximate the sealing element that comprises a plurality of separate segments and a first circumferential band that retains the plurality of segments in a ring shape and substantially covers an outer circumferential surface of the plurality of segments while in a run-in condition of the apparatus, wherein the outer circumferential surface of the plurality of segments in a run-in condition of the apparatus define a circumferential groove and the extrusion limiting assembly further comprises a second circumferential band that is disposed in the groove inside of the first band, wherein the second band breaks during expansion of the segments in response to the application of axial force.