Patent ID: 8202497

Claim:
A lid element array including a plurality of lid elements for sealing the opening of a plurality of micro tubes comprising; a lid element sheet wherein a plurality of said lid elements are arrayed corresponding to the number and the arrangement of a plurality of said micro tubes arrayed in said micro tube array; a release sheet adhered to and supporting said lid element sheet from a side of the lid element sheet opposite that for sealing the micro tubes; a first adhesive applied at least to a predetermined area of said each lid element in said lid element sheet; each said lid element in said lid element sheet is supported by said release sheet where a cut-line cut around the edge of each said lid element allows for separation of said lid element from said lid element sheet, each said lid element moves to a corresponding opening of each said micro tube and seals the same by pressing the surface of the lid element sheet with the first adhesive to the surface of the openings of said micro tubes in the array.