Grasping forceps for endoscope

A grasping forceps for an endoscope comprising:

• a flexible insertion section;
• an operating wire passing through said insertion section and adapted to be advanced and retreated in accordance with an operation of an operating section connected to a hand side end of the operating wire;
• and
• an elastic grasping section arranged in the leading end portion of said operating wire and composed of a plurality of elastic grasping members different in length having a habit of flexing such that leading end grasping portions formed at the leading ends of said elastic grasping members spread outwards from a center axis of said insertion section;
• wherein at least a nearest leading end grasping portion disposed nearest to the insertion section and a farthest leading end grasping portion disposed farthest from the insertion section are respectively attached to first and second elastic grasping members at different angles such that said nearest leading end grasping portion and said furthest leading end grasping portion are inclined at different angles at the time of accommodating of said elastic grasping section.

A grasping forceps for an endoscope including an insertion section comprising:

• at least a leading end member and a flexible sheath,
• an operating wire adapted to pass through said insertion section,
• a plurality of elastic grasping members having a habit of flexing so that leading end grasping portions arranged at a leading end portion of said operating wire and formed at the leading ends of said elastic grasping members spread outward from a center axis of said insertion section, and
• elastic grasping section drop-out prevention means arranged in an inner peripheral surface of said end member for preventing said plurality of elastic grasping members from dropping out, wherein a cross section of the combination of the elastic grasping section drop-out prevention means and the leading end member, taken in a direction perpendicular to a center axis of the inner peripheral surface of the leading end member, includes a through-hole having a center spaced apart from the center axis of the inner peripheral surface of the leading end member.