The off-set design of this instrument ensures the ring maintains it?s level perspective independent of hand positioning and eases placement on the globe. Marks on the top of the ring are spaced 60? on either side of the center of the ring opening which serve as a guide for placement of a paracentesis 60? from the temporal clear corneal incision in coaxial phaco, or for placement of the two micro incisions 120? apart in bi-manual split-irrigation phaco. The closed side of the fixation ring features marks that are 30? (1 clock hour) apart from each other which serves as a guide for the limbal relaxing incision nomograms that use clock hours of incision length for dioptric correction of astigmatism.