An ophthalmic aspiration pump roller-head assembly (10), includes a pluralityof rollers (12), a base (16) attached to a first end of the rollers (12), and a face-plate(18) attached to a second end of the rollers (12). The face-plate (18) has at leastone groove (20) formed in the face-plate (18) for drawing a tube onto the rollers(12).