Patent ID: 7938176

Claim:
A system for use in a wellbore, comprising: a tube; a swell packer surrounding a portion of the tube; a first pair of plates coupled to an outer surface of the tube and positioned at a first end of the swell packer, each of the first pair of plates having a plurality of slots extending inwardly from an outer edge of the plate, the regions between slots defining petals, wherein at least one of the slots of one of the first pair of plates overlaps with at least one of the petals of the second of the first pair of plates; a second pair of plates coupled to the outer surface of the tube and positioned at a second end of the swell packer, each of the second pair of plates having a plurality of slots extending inwardly from an outer edge of the plate, the regions between slots defining petals wherein at least one of the slots of one of the second pair of plates overlaps with at least one of the petals of the second of the second pair of plates; a coupler comprising a member extending from the first pair of plates to the second pair of plates; and a passage through the first pair of plates, the second pair of plates, and the swell packer, the passage being formed through the first pair of plates and the second pair of plates by aligning an opening in each plate of the first pair of plates and each plate of the second pair of plates, the passage being a slot extending radially inward into the first and second pairs of plates.