Abstract: An anchor to inhibit rotation of a device relative to an oil well casing, comprising a tubular mandrel adapted for direct or indirect connection to the device; a rotatable cylindrical housing with a plurality of apertures and able to receive at least a portion of the mandrel concentrically therethrough; a plurality of spaced apart anchoring slips disposed between the housing and the mandrel in registry with respective ones of the apertures in the housing's outer surface; a rotation mechanism associated with the mandrel to engage and then move respective ones of the anchoring slips radially towards and then into temporarily anchoring contact with the casing; and one or more drag blocks disposed in the housing in registry with respective ones of the apertures in the housing's outer surface to extend radially outwardly therefrom, each of the drag blocks being normally biased into frictional contact with the casing.

Abstract: An anchor to inhibit rotation of a device relative to an oil well casing, comprising a tubular mandrel adapted for direct or indirect connection to the device; a cylindrical housing to receive at least a portion of the mandrel concentrically therethrough, the housing being rotatable relative to the mandrel and having a plurality of circumferentially spaced apart apertures formed in an outer surface thereof; a plurality of spaced apart anchoring slips disposed between the housing and the mandrel in registry with respective ones of the apertures in the housing's outer surface; first biassing means associated with the mandrel for rotation therewith in the clockwise or counterclockwise directions to engage and then move respective ones of the anchoring slips radially towards and then into temporarily anchoring contact with the casing to prevent further rotation of the mandrel and the device connected thereto in either of the clockwise or counterclockwise directions; and one or more drag blocks disposed in the hou

Abstract: A downhole anchor for preventing rotational movement of a member within a well has a central tubular member, a slip housing and a drag assembly disposed about the tubular member. The slip housing carries at least two slip members, each slip member being mounted in a slot for slide-in positioning. This slip mounting feature facilitates assembly and refurbishment of the anchor. The slips are inwardly biased toward the tubular member by a spring acting between the slip members and the tubular member. The positioning of the spring in this way also facilitates assembly and refurbishment of the anchor and reduces stress damage to the slip housing.

Abstract: A downhole tool is described which can be used for injection of waste fluids which have been separated from desired production fluids into a disposal formation. When desired, the conduit for the waste fluids to the disposal formation can be closed off, thereby isolating the disposal formation from the production zone and providing access selectively to the production zone.

Abstract: A downhole tool is described can be used for handling waste fluids separated from desired hydrocarbon production fluids. The waste fluids are injected into a disposal formation. The tool is produced to avoid blockage of fluid flow passages and to reduce or eliminate the creation of a pressure differential across the tool. The tool is adaptable to be used with various sizes of pumps, to accommodate various pump intake filters and to conform to API tolerances. The downhole tool includes: an inner tube having a longitudinal bore, a seal disposed at the lower end of the longitudinal bore, an outer tube having an outer surface and being disposed about and spaced from the inner tube. An annulus is formed between the inner tube and the outer tube and is open at each end. A threaded connection is formed at the upper end of the outer tube to connect the outer tube to a tubing string such that the annulus opens into the tubing string's longitudinal bore.

Abstract: A downhole anchor for preventing rotational movement of a member within a well has a central tubular member, a slip housing and a drag assembly disposed about the tubular member. The slip housing carries at least two slip members, each slip member being rotatable about an axis substantially parallel to the central axis of the tubular member between a retracted position, against the housing, and an extended position. The drag assembly is mounted on and rotatable about the tubular member and carries drag means. An actuator drives the rotation of the slip member in response to the rotation of the drag assembly about the tubular member. Drag means comprise a spring loaded drag block to frictionally engage a well casing, or, alternatively, unique vane members for reacting with a viscous fluid trapped between the vane members and well casing to cause drag.

Abstract: Blood purification apparatus comprises a dead-end system in which blood from the patient is allowed to flow through one or more purification modules, such as a dialyzer, a hemofilter, a hemoperfusion column and an oxygenator, into a resiliently walled reservoir, which is conveniently a standard blood bag. The direction of flow of the blood is then reversed by exertion of sufficient pressure on the bag to push the blood back through the purification module to the patient's circulation. Thus, since the reservoir is of available capacity, being of resilient material for example, the capacity of the apparatus remains equal to the volume of extra-corporeal blood.