Figure 2.

(a) CAIRS strip flattened out to lay BM on one side and posterior stroma on the other; (b) Jacob CAIRS customizer^TM (Epsilon Instruments, USA) has circular optic zones from 3 to 12 mm and radial clock hours or 12 major meridia marked; (c) Tissue kept on CAIRS customizer and total arc length and taper length marked; (d and e) Inked tissue strip laid on Teflon block and desired total arc length and taper length cut using a sharp 15° side-port blade; (f) A tapered CAIRS seen prepared and ready for insertion