If you're struggling to determine whether your devices qualify as state of the art - and how that can impact your submission strategy - then check out this presentation I did with my friends at Greenlight Guru in August.
Etienne Nichols and I sort through all the acronyms - SOTA, SOC, MDR, MEDDEV, IVDR - and try to shed some light on what MDR says about state of the art, what it doesn't say, and how to determine your best path forward.