Suture materials Vicryl Rapid supplied unpainted or painted purple D & C – №2 (colour code number: 60725) during polymerization. Suture materials Vicryl Rapid may have different thickness and length of the thread, come alone or with needles made of stainless steel of various types and sizes. A full description is given in the catalogue. Tensile strength units of Vicryl Rapid meets standards of US Pharmacopeia (U.S.P.) for collagen sutures and European Pharmacopoeia for “Sterile fibres dissolve” (except minor exceedances of acceptable specifications diameter in some cases).