Patent ID: 7316703

Claim:
A forceps for endoscope comprising: an openable and closable forceps section, provided at the tip of an insertion section; the insertion section having an oscillating operation axis member and a opening-closing operation axis member, which can move forward and backward in the axial direction; the forceps section having a first forceps member and a second forceps member, the second forceps member being rotatable with a first pivotal support as a fulcrum and facing the first forceps member; the first forceps member connecting to the insertion section so as to be rotatable around it with a second pivotal support as a fulcrum, and connecting to the oscillating operation axis member so as to be rotatable around it with a third pivotal support as a fulcrum; the second pivotal support being arranged between the oscillating operation axis member and the opening-closing operation axis member; the first pivotal support being arranged nearer the opening-closing operation axis member side than the second pivotal support; a tip of the opening-closing operation axis member being provided nearer the tip side of the first forceps member than the second pivotal support; and the pivotal supports being arranged from a tip side of the first forceps member to a base side thereof in a sequence of first pivotal support, second pivotal support, third pivotal support.