Flexible canopy valve repair systems and methods of use

A system for treating valvular regurgitation in a heart valve, the system including a delivery configuration and a deployed configuration, the system comprising:

• a flexible canopy including a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, wherein the flexible canopy is unsupported and does not include a frame coupled thereto;
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• an elongated tether configured to be placed under tension in situ, the elongated tether including an elastic portion and an inelastic portion coupled to the elastic portion, wherein a proximal end of the elongated tether is attached to a distal end of the flexible canopy,
• wherein when the system is in the deployed configuration, a proximal end of the flexible canopy is anchored to an annulus of the heart valve and a distal end of the elongated tether is anchored to tissue of a ventricle such that the first surface of the flexible canopy overlays an underlying first surface of a first leaflet of the heart valve, and the elongated tether is placed under tension such that the system is configured to prevent the first leaflet of the heart valve from prolapsing, and to permit a portion of the second surface of the flexible canopy to coapt with at least an opposing mating portion of a second leaflet of the heart valve.