Screening cable connector for interface to implanted lead

A connector for coupling an implantable lead having a plurality of spaced-apart electrical lead contacts disposed on its proximal end to a multiple-conductor cable, said connector comprising:

• a first, substantially cylindrical connector half, adapted to be disposed at a first end of the multiple-conductor cable, said first connector half having a first longitudinal slot therein;
• a second, substantially cylindrical connector half, coaxially coupled to said first connector half and axially rotatable with respect to said first connector half from a first, open position to a second, closed position, said second connector half having a second longitudinal slot therein, said second longitudinal slot being aligned with said first longitudinal slot when said second connector half is rotated to said open position;
• a plurality of spaced-apart electrical contacts disposed within said first connector half, each one of said plurality of electrical contacts being adapted to be electrically coupled to a conductor in said multiple-conductor cable, said plurality of spaced-apart electrical contacts being exposed in said second slot when said second connector half is rotated to said open position;
• an end piece disposed in said first and second longitudinal slots when said second connector half is in said open position, said end piece being adapted to engage the proximal end of the lead such that the plurality of spaced-apart electrical lead contacts are at least partially exposed, the connector being further adapted to permit said second connector half to be rotated into said closed position over said end piece, such that each one of the plurality of spaced-apart electrical lead contacts is held in contact with a respective one of said plurality of spaced-apart electrical contacts in the connector.