Devices and methods for orthopedic surgery requiring fasteners of multiple lenghts

1. A method for customizing the length of a fastener to be fitted to a bone during a surgery, said method comprising the steps of:

creating a hole of a desired depth in said bone;

measuring the depth of said hole using a depth gauge, the depth gauge comprising an electronic encoder;

the electronic encoder adapted to transmit the measured depth of said hole;

transmitting the measured hole depth from the depth gauge to a fastener cutting device;

adjusting the fastener cutting device to cut said fastener to a desired length dimension based on said transmitted measured hole depth;

inserting a fastener having a length exceeding said desired length dimension into said fastener cutting device; and

cutting said fastener to said desired length dimension using said fastener cutting device.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein said hole is drilled into said bone.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the fastener cutting device further comprises a wireless receiver, and wherein said depth gauge is adapted to wirelessly transmit the measured hole depth to the wireless receiver of the fastener cutting device.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein said depth gauge further comprises storage memory and wherein the depth gauge stores the measured hole depth in said storage memory.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein said depth gauge is adapted for displaying the measured hole depth.