Exhibit 99.1

AMNIS  SYSTEMS  CLOSES  $1.8M  IN  NEW  FINANCING

Financing  will  provide funds for new video surveillance products and new sales
and  marketing  initiatives  in  2002

Palo  Alto,  California  -  February  25, 2002 - Amnis Systems Inc. (OTCBB:AMNM;
Frankfurt: ANI), a leading global provider of networked streaming video systems,
today  announced  it  has  completed  new financing of $1.8M from private equity
investors.  The investment was made by Stonestreet Limited Partnership and Alpha
Capital  Aktiengesellschaft among others. All funds were received by the company
at  the  closing.  This new financing combined with the financing commitment for
$2.4M completed in early January 2002 brings the total new financing in 2002 for
Amnis  to  $4.2M  with  $2.3M  already  received.

"Our  ongoing  fund  raising  efforts  have  been very successful in a difficult
investor  climate,"  said Michael Liccardo, Chairman, President and CEO of Amnis
Systems  Inc. "We have our first stage of growth funding in place to restart our
sales  and  marketing  programs  and  look  forward  to  rebuilding our business
opportunity  pipeline.  With  the  interest  in  distance  learning  and  video
surveillance  increasing  significantly  since  September  11,  and the economic
recovery  taking hold in late 2002, we will be well positioned to take advantage
of  the emerging enterprise network video market. Although revenue visibility in
the  short term is still very cloudy and unpredictable, we expect our revenue to
resume  growth  in late 2002 and 2003 as the video surveillance market increases
significantly  with US government spending creating new demand for digital video
technology."

About  Amnis  Systems  Inc.  (formerly  Optivision,  Inc.)

Amnis  Systems Inc. (OTCBB: AMNM) is the dominant market leader in the networked
streaming  video  market.  The  company develops, manufactures and delivers MPEG
network  video  products  for  high-quality  video  creation,  management  and
distribution  worldwide  both  directly  and  through leading industry partners.
Based  in Palo Alto, California, Amnis products are used in diverse applications
such  as  distance  learning,  corporate  training,  video  courier  services,
telemedicine,  surveillance and visual collaboration. For more information about
Amnis  Systems  Inc.,  visit  www.amnisinc.com  or  phone  1-800-239-0600

'Safe  Harbor'  statement  under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995:  This  release  contains  forward  looking  statements  based on currently
available  information  which  management  has assessed but which is dynamic and
subject to rapid change due to risks and uncertainties that affect our business,
including,  but  not limited to, the impact of competitive products and pricing,
limited visibility into future product demand, slower economic growth generally,
new  product  development,  fluctuations  in  operating  results and other risks
detailed  from  time  to  time  in the company's filings with the Securities and
Exchange  Commission.


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