A hand-held manual surgical instrument with blades designed to grasp and manipulate a nonimplantable invasive ophthalmic surgical device (e.g., ophthalmic cannula, handless iris retractor) and/or for ophthalmic suturing. It has a tweezers-like design (may be a micro/fine instrument) with two blades joined at the proximal (non-working) end which have variously designed tips at the working end, typically with a slot/groove to accept the ophthalmic device; it is made of metal and is available in various sizes. This is a single-use device.