MCAO Sutures - Silicone rubber-coated monofilaments

A picture of Doccol MCAO sutures (403756PK10)

              Silicone rubber-coated monofilaments are used for inducing middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) stroke models in rats and mice. For this reason, they are often called rodent "MCAO sutures", "MCAO occluders", "MCAO stroke sutures", "MCAO stroke model sutures", "MCAO stroke occluders", "MCAO stroke model occluders", "ischemic stroke model sutures",  "ischemic stroke model occluders", "intraluminal stroke model sutures", "intraluminal ischemical stroke model sutures", "intraluminal stroke model occluders", or "intraluminal ischemic stroke model occluders".