“…Furthermore, PVDF and its copolymers are biocompatible and non-biodegradable, making them ideal for pharmaceutical and biomedical applications, such as tissue engineering, where a long-term structural support is required (Lee et al, 2011;Tandon et al, 2018). Additionally, PVDF is commonly used to manufacture pipes and fittings (Ezrin, 2013), valves (Ayyaru et al, 2020), cathodes & anodes in Li-ion cell (Domínguez-Robles et al, 2017) or high purity semiconductor applications (Hu et al, 2020), among others. PVDF has already been used in the manufacturing of surgical meshes for hernia repair (Klinge et al, 2002) or for treating PFDs such as POP (Balsamo et al, 2018;Barski et al, 2017), which are available on the market under the name DynaMesh®.…”