In one aspect, a method is provided herein of marking a patients eye for reference during a tonic lens implantation procedure. The method includes providing an electrocautery device having a handle, a shaft extending from the handle, and a tip defined at the terminus of the shaft. The handle is elongated and extends along a longitudinal axis with the shaft being bent or curved such that the tip is spaced from, and not aligned with, the longitudinal axis. The method further includes using the electrocautery device to cauterize one or more points on the patients eye, the points being located as reference marks for placement of the toric lens. Advantageously, with the subject invention, a device is used having a bent or curved shaft Which may better accommodate the curvature of a patients eye While marking.
