An implantable electrode lead including: a distal portion having at least one electrode; a proximal portion having a connector for connection to an implantable stimulation generator includes a power source for the electrode and is disposed in a living body; and a conductor portion which is connected to the distal portion and the proximal portion and is composed of an electrical conductor for transmission of electrical signals and an insulator covering the outside of the electrical conductor, and a fixation portion having a tip end and a base end for disposing over a part of the conductor portion, wherein a lubricant coating layer is provided on a part of the surface of the conductor portion, and the lubricant coating layer is absent on the conductor portion surface ranging at least from the portion disposed at the base end of the fixation portion to the portion provided with the electrode, of the surface of the conductor portion.

 
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~ 00330