Method for manufacturing an implantable lead and implantable lead

A method for manufacturing an implantable lead, the method comprising:

• providing an annular first electrode and an annular second electrode, a diameter of an inner surface of the first electrode being larger than a diameter of an outer surface of the second electrode;
• providing at least one wire comprising an electrically conductive core, the core being surrounded by an electrically insulating sheathing in a sheathed wire portion
• aligning the first electrode relative to the second electrode so that their individual central axes form a common central axis;
• positioning at least a part of the sheathed wire portion opposite to the inner surface of the first electrode and/or opposite to the outer surface of the second electrode;
• and
• electrically and mechanically connecting the wire to the first electrode and the second electrode by pressing the first electrode and the second electrode together along the common central axis;
• wherein an axial force in a direction parallel to the common central axis is applied to the sheathed wire portion by the first electrode and the second electrode being pressed together so that at least a part of the sheathing is removed from the core to obtain an exposed wire portion;
• wherein at least a part of the exposed wire portion is inserted into an overlap area where the inner surface of the first electrode at least partially overlaps the outer surface of the second electrode and compressed in the overlap area by the first electrode and the second electrode.