Embolic occlusion of a cerebral artery causes acute ischemic stroke in an estimated 700,000 patients year in the US. Removal of the thromboembolus requires catheter-based surgical intervention including the use of static aspiration. However, cyclic aspiration has shown the ability to improve recanalization rates, thus a system was designed to model embolic occlusion under cyclic aspiration. The goal of this study is to track the displacement of the embolus to better understand these loading conditions.