Patent ID: 7784536

Claim:
A packer insert for sealing multiple items, the packer insert comprising: a shell extending along a longitudinal axis and having two or more parts configured to connect to each other, each part extending along the longitudinal axis; and an elastomeric member provided inside the shell and having one or more channels configured to receive the multiple items used in a wellbore when compressed by a packing unit, wherein the shell and the elastomeric member are configured to be pressed towards the multiple items when the packing unit compresses the shell such that the elastomeric member seals a space above the packer insert from a space below the packer insert to prevent a fluid in the wellbore traveling along and outside the multiple items past a contact region between the packer insert and the multiple items and also between the packer insert and the packing unit, and wherein the packer insert is configured to axially reciprocate within the packing unit when the packing unit is in a close position.