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In the mechanics of nuclear segmentation chopper plays an important role. Many variations of choppers have been developed but racking and splitting of dense hard cataract with current choppers is still fraught with incomplete cracks. We describe an efficient device “Trishool” the triple edge wedge tool a modified classical simple machine to crack and break mature hard and rockhard cataracts.