A basket type grasping forceps includes a sheath, a main body section which has a distal end and a proximal end and inserted through the sheath and a manipulation section which is fixed to the sheath and to which the proximal end of the main body section is attached. The main body section includes a basket section which is provided at a distal side of the main body section, which has a substantially fusiform shape, and which is configured to hold a foreign substance, a first wire which is provided at a proximal side of the basket section and which is fixed to the basket section, and a removal mechanism which is attached to the basket section and which moves the foreign substance in the basket section. The basket section includes a plurality of basket wires and a fixing member which binds and fixes the plurality of basket wires. The removal mechanism includes a slide sleeve which is provided at the distal side of the basket section, through which the plurality of basket wires are inserted, and which is configured to advance and retract with respect to the plurality of basket wires, and a second wire which has a distal end fixed to the slide sleeve and which is configured to advance and retract the slide sleeve with respect to the basket wires.
