Safety biopsy forceps

Safety biopsy forceps comprising a head, first and second opposed grasping and/or cutting elements connected to said head, said first opposed element being pivotally mounted to said head at a pivot point adjacent said second opposed element for pivotal movement toward and away from said second opposed element, a hollow flexible shaft, means for detachably fastening together the head and the flexible shaft, an elongated pulling element axially displaceably and coaxially received in the hollow shaft and connected to said first opposed element for acting upon said first opposed element to effect said pivotal movement, said first and second opposed elements each having a free end of spoonlike configuration with mutually facing concavities and each having a recess communicating with said concavity and extending to said pivot point, whereby during actuation of said forceps to effect said pivoted movement to cause tissue to be grasped by and a specimen thereof to be cut out by said opposed elements, said recesses prevent said tissue from jamming between said opposed elements.