PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a forceps apparatus enabling an operator to grasp an unintended contact with a biological tissue, and a pressure sensor to be used in the forceps apparatus.SOLUTION: In a forceps apparatus 1 having at least a tip part 2 and a shank 4 leading to the tip part 2 and having the tip part 2 and the shank 4 inserted, when used, into a body cavity, a pressure sensor 5 for detecting a compression by the contact with a biological tissue in the body cavity is mounted on the outer periphery of the shank 4.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1COPYRIGHT: (C)2017,JPO&INPIT【課題】生体組織との意図せぬ接触を操作者が把握することができる鉗子器具および当該鉗子器具に用いられる圧力センサを提供する。【解決手段】少なくとも先端部2とその先端部2に連なる軸部4とを有し、先端部2および軸部4が体腔内に挿入されて用いられる鉗子器具1において、軸部4の外周に、体腔内の生体組織との接触による加圧を検知する圧力センサ5を装着する。【選択図】図1
