The invention concerns a sterilizable container for an implantable medical device. The container comprises an inner packaging and an outer packaging that encloses said inner packaging. The inner packaging comprises an enclosure and at least two electric contacts that are arranged inside the enclosure and that are placed so as to contact an implantable medical device electrode when such implantable medical device is placed in said inner packaging. Each electric contact of said inner packaging is electrically connected to a respective planar electrode arranged at or close to an outer surface of said inner packaging so as to provide a capacitive communication interface. The inner packaging further comprises fixture means that are configured to securely hold an implantable medical device in place to ensure electric contact between the at least two electric contacts and a respective implantable medical device electrode when such implantable medical device is placed in the inner packaging.
