Patent ID: 8888843

Claim:
An implant for treating mal-coaptation of a heart valve, the heart valve having an annulus and first and second leaflets with an open configuration and a closed configuration, the implant comprising: a coaptation assist body having a first coaptation surface, an opposed second surface, each surface bounded by a first lateral edge, a second lateral edge, an inferior edge, and a superior edge, an element arc length along the coaptation surface of the coaptation assist body between the superior edge and the inferior edge and an coaptation element length along the coaptation surface of the coaptation assist body between the most proximal point of the coaptation assist body and the inferior edge, wherein the element arc length is greater than the coaptation element length due to folding of the coaptation assist body; a first anchor selectively deployable at a first target location of the heart near the second leaflet on the annulus and coupleable to the coaptation assist body near the superior edge; and a second anchor selectively deployable, independently of the deployment of the first anchor, at a second location of the heart in the ventricle such that the coaptation assist body, when coupled to both the first anchor and the second anchor, extends from the first target location across the valve to the second target location.