Patent ID: 7753696

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a housing, including a lead terminal passageway on a housing first end and an introductory opening on a housing second end, the lead terminal passageway and the introductory opening communicatively coupling within the housing; at least one protective terminal contact device incorporated with the housing, each protective terminal contact device including an exterior electrically conductive portion accessible from outside the housing while a stylet is disposed into the introductory opening, through the entire housing including the lead terminal passageway and into a lead, with an interior electrically conductive portion electrically conductive with the exterior electrically conductive portion, the interior electrically conductive portion mechanically and electrically engageable with a multi-conductor lead terminal component to electrically engage a first conductor of the lead terminal component while the multi-conductor lead terminal component is located in the lead terminal passageway; and a securing contact device incorporated with the housing and accessible from outside the housing while a stylet is disposed into the introductory opening, through the entire housing including the lead terminal passageway and into a lead, the securing contact device configured to mechanically fix the multi-conductor lead terminal component to the housing to rotate the multi-conductor lead terminal component with the housing, the securing contact device further configured to electrically engage a second conductor of the multi-conductor lead terminal component through the housing to provide an electrical contact to the multi-conductor lead terminal component, the electrical contact spaced apart from the multi-conductor lead terminal component.