Disclosed are surgical kits and methods of making a surgical device for proximation of body parts. An exemplary method comprises receiving a ferrule defining a ferrule axis, the ferrule being received a room temperature sterilizing the ferrule received in the previous step receiving a sleeve defining a sleeve axis. The sleeve includes a projection configured to exert a force, parallel to the sleeve axis, against the ferrule, the sleeve being received at room temperature and sterilizing the sleeve.
