Device, system, and method for transcatheter treatment of valvular regurgitation

A coaptation assistance element for treating mal-coaptation of a heart valve of a heart, the coaptation assistance element comprising:

• a first coaptation surface and an opposed second surface;
• a first lateral edge, a second lateral edge, an inferior edge, and a superior edge;
• and
• a superior zone and an inferior zone, the superior zone configured to reside in the plane of an annulus of the heart valve, the inferior zone comprising the first coaptation surface and the opposed second surface,
• wherein the inferior zone comprises a laminate layer such that a thickness of the inferior zone is greater than a thickness of a portion of the superior zone.