diff --git a/vital/utils/format/native.py b/vital/utils/format/native.py
index 76e53691..36d65cae 100644
--- a/vital/utils/format/native.py
+++ b/vital/utils/format/native.py
@@ -2,6 +2,28 @@
 from typing import Any, Dict, List, Mapping, Sequence, TypeVar, Union
 
 
+def apply(obj, func):
+    """Applies a function recursively to all elements inside a Python collection composed of the supported types.
+
+    References:
+        - This function was inspired by a similar function from the 'poutyne' framework:
+        https://github.com/GRAAL-Research/poutyne/blob/aeb78c2b26edaa30663a88522d39a187baeec9cd/poutyne/utils.py#L104-L113
+
+    Args:
+        obj: The Python object to convert.
+        func: The function to apply.
+
+    Returns:
+        A new Python collection with the same structure as `obj` but where the elements have been applied the function
+        `func`. Not supported types are left as reference in the new object.
+    """
+    if isinstance(obj, (list, tuple)):
+        return type(obj)(apply(el, func) for el in obj)
+    if isinstance(obj, dict):
+        return {k: apply(el, func) for k, el in obj.items()}
+    return func(obj)
+
+
 def prefix(map: Mapping[str, Any], prefix: str, exclude: Union[str, Sequence[str]] = None) -> Dict[str, Any]:
     """Prepends a prefix to the keys of a mapping with string keys.
 
diff --git a/vital/utils/format/torch.py b/vital/utils/format/torch.py
index 5403bb0a..ad4cebd8 100644
--- a/vital/utils/format/torch.py
+++ b/vital/utils/format/torch.py
@@ -2,19 +2,8 @@
 
 import numpy as np
 import torch
-from torch.nn.utils.rnn import PackedSequence
 
-
-def _apply(obj, func):
-    if isinstance(obj, (list, tuple)):
-        if isinstance(obj, PackedSequence):
-            return type(obj)(
-                *(_apply(getattr(obj, el), func) if el != "batch_sizes" else getattr(obj, el) for el in obj._fields)
-            )
-        return type(obj)(_apply(el, func) for el in obj)
-    if isinstance(obj, dict):
-        return {k: _apply(el, func) for k, el in obj.items()}
-    return func(obj)
+from vital.utils.format.native import apply
 
 
 def torch_apply(obj: Union[Tuple, List, Dict], func: Callable) -> Union[Tuple, List, Dict]:
@@ -36,7 +25,7 @@ def torch_apply(obj: Union[Tuple, List, Dict], func: Callable) -> Union[Tuple, L
     def fn(t):
         return func(t) if torch.is_tensor(t) else t
 
-    return _apply(obj, fn)
+    return apply(obj, fn)
 
 
 def torch_to_numpy(obj: Union[Tuple, List, Dict], copy: bool = False) -> Union[Tuple, List, Dict]:
@@ -114,4 +103,4 @@ def numpy_to_torch(obj: Union[Tuple, List, Dict]) -> Union[Tuple, List, Dict]:
     def fn(a):
         return torch.from_numpy(a) if isinstance(a, np.ndarray) else a
 
-    return _apply(obj, fn)
+    return apply(obj, fn)