Patent ID: 8707902
Filing Date: 2014-04-29
Classification: A01K,Y02A

Abstract:
1. A method of growing a cultured pearl of at least 0.5 carats in a gastropod comprising the steps of: a) pretreating a recipient gastropod with a relaxant, wherein the recipient gastropod is a Strombidae or Volutidae species; b) cutting an incision into the foot of the recipient; c) cutting a subepithelial canal through the incision; d) inserting a mantle tissue piece and/or a nucleus from a donor in the subepithelial canal; e) culturing the recipient gastropod to obtain a non-nacreous cultured pearl of at least 0.5 carats; and f) harvesting the cultured pearl; wherein the shell of the recipient gastropod is not perforated and wherein the recipient gastropod is not killed by the culturing method.