A slender, rod-like, hand-held manual surgical instrument intended to be used during an ophthalmic procedure to explore, measure, and/or manipulate ocular tissues (e.g., retraction/manipulation of intraocular structures, lens nucleus splitting, removal of foreign bodies in the eye, LASIK flap lifting); it is neither intended to cut tissue nor hook muscles. It is available with a variety of tip shapes including blunt bulbous, hook and T-shape, and the shaft may be straight or bent; it is made of flexible or rigid metallic and/or synthetic polymer material. This is a reusable device.