A surgical stapling system, comprising: an end effector; a cartridge body comprising a deck and staple cavities defined in said deck; staples removably stored in said staple cavities, wherein said staples are ejected from said staple cavities during a staple firing stroke; a staple firing drive configured to produce said staple firing stroke; a sensing array configured to assess a parameter of patient tissue supported by said cartridge body; a heat sink (15800, 15870, 15880) configured to conduct heat away from said sensing array; a temperature sensor in said cartridge body; a data transmission antenna; and a control system in communication with said sensing array, said temperature sensor, and said data transmission antenna, wherein said control system is configured to receive sensed tissue data from said sensing array and sensed temperature data from said temperature sensor, and wherein said control system is configured to output processed data derived from said sensed tissue data and said sensed temperature data to said data transmission antenna, wherein: said processed data is said sensed tissue data when said sensed temperature data is below a temperature threshold, and wherein said processed data comprises said sensed tissue data that has been modified in response to said sensed temperature data when said sensed temperature data is above said temperature threshold; or said processed data comprises said sensed tissue data that has been modified as a function of said sensed temperature data. an end effector; a cartridge body comprising a deck and staple cavities defined in said deck; staples removably stored in said staple cavities, wherein said staples are ejected from said staple cavities during a staple firing stroke; a staple firing drive configured to produce said staple firing stroke; a sensing array configured to assess a parameter of patient tissue supported by said cartridge body; a heat sink (15800, 15870, 15880) configured to conduct heat away from said sensing array; a temperature sensor in said cartridge body; a data transmission antenna; and a control system in communication with said sensing array, said temperature sensor, and said data transmission antenna, wherein said control system is configured to receive sensed tissue data from said sensing array and sensed temperature data from said temperature sensor, and wherein said control system is configured to output processed data derived from said sensed tissue data and said sensed temperature data to said data transmission antenna, wherein: said processed data is said sensed tissue data when said sensed temperature data is below a temperature threshold, and wherein said processed data comprises said sensed tissue data that has been modified in response to said sensed temperature data when said sensed temperature data is above said temperature threshold; or said processed data comprises said sensed tissue data that has been modified as a function of said sensed temperature data. said processed data is said sensed tissue data when said sensed temperature data is below a temperature threshold, and wherein said processed data comprises said sensed tissue data that has been modified in response to said sensed temperature data when said sensed temperature data is above said temperature threshold; or said processed data comprises said sensed tissue data that has been modified as a function of said sensed temperature data.