Patent ID: 8302680

Claim:
A screen assembly capable of being disposed in a bore, the screen assembly comprising: a swellable material disposed exterior to a first part of a base pipe; a tube disposed exterior to the swellable material, the tube comprising a plurality of perforations, wherein the tube is adapted for directing fluid to an outer housing for filtering the fluid prior to directing the fluid to an inner diameter of the base pipe, the outer housing being is exterior to a second part of the base pipe; and a support material disposed between the swellable material and the tube, the support material being shaped to receive the tube, wherein, in response to contact with an activating fluid, the swellable material is capable of expanding and displacing at least part of the tube toward a surface of the bore, wherein the swellable material is configured to expand more than the support material in response to the activating fluid, the support material being configured for preventing the swellable material from plugging the plurality of perforations of the tube.